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A SELECTIVE MICROFILM EDITION
PART III
(1887-1898)
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1891. Edison, T. A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Advice (D-91-16)
This folder contains routine correspondence suggesting improvements
in Edison s inventions, asking him for advice on technical matters, or
requesting his assistance in improving or promoting an invention.
Less than 10 percent of the documents have been filmed. Most of the
letters selected for filming received a significant response from Edison.
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A Canadian bey, yen will knew cf Terente-, and sc
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1 dc net wish tc trespass tec much cn ycur time(which I
knemuat be very folly occupied). 9sp9cl<dlj e8 , „aye nc dcuW
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.<« he »a, compelled tc rely upon the casual assistance cf friends
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cn the .hole, .ell received by Win, men but wheneve/th. cccl-
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practical knowledge cf these things,1^ whole business training
and occupation led me to discountenance them. Long consideration
led me to the belief, perhaps erroneous, that his patent was a
good one, and serviceable, end finally I agreed to provide the
means for testing his patent and Mr. Sintsenioh S^SSTin a
business like way to see what could be don. with it. I may hers
state that two years ago he got Mr.Pullman to go into the matter
Of the Patent, and that gentleman was pleased with it, and wanted
it put on one cf the American roads and offered to superintend
the making of the trial chairs, hut here the fund, gave out and
nothing was done. Later however, Mr.Rcbertscn in Mr.Pull.ans'
office has frequently written me asking that the matter be brought
“P "gain. Ibis may mean something or nothing, I do not knc.
a. Canadian Railroad men. on a first step, were then mte.
viewed a.y examined and criticised the Patent and approved cf
dl I l^ S“- ^ * Can.
adian Government Railroad, directed that a trial lot cf th on
should be put down on the Bedford grad, of the T e '
^ the worst grade on the Id 1 °Cl0n,al
to Rnglmid to see how cheap he could get thelf ^ S1”tS9nl°h
a«e time to lay his i„v. , • „ at
invention before the Railroads.
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JORONTO,
His success, sc far as discussion is concerned, has been marked
and most successful. He was met with cynicism of course, but no
one has yet openly disclaimed the value of his patent, and as he
is new backed by good influence in England, I lock for very
favorable results from his visit. Meantime his chair is being
put cn the Bedford grade and the C.P.R. and the G.T.R. Cc's are
watching the trial and if it proves to be as good as we hope it
will be. I think I may safely say-it will be used by the Canadian
Reads.
me Patent consists of a finn holding steel chair for
rails, preventing the spreading cr creeping of rails, at a oeat
net ever the eeet ef the present fish plat, end spikes, and
enabling a great rat. ef speed ever the rail, with perfeet safety.
I wish Ku to de is to permit me to send yen a
sample chair, and later, when Sintsenich retnrns, tc give him en
interview, that he may intelligently discuss with yen the points
merit that it has. If «i.„ yen it good to r.
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stock tc be given tc you for ycur countenance and support.
In England a chair has been used for years, but it is
made tc held the rails securely by means of a weed block which
secticnmen have daily to wedge up. Our patent provides a firm
and durable grip to the rail which seems tc me sc admirable and
effective that I believe you will approve of it at first sight.
Most of the accidents are caused bythe spreading of the
rails— -this, and creeping, J believe we effectually overcome.
One may have a good patent, but if .one cannot properly *
utilise it, it becomes a fcr mcney#
You know how to utilise a patent of this kind, and
sooner or later, the perfect stability of the rail will effect the
««.cf such etectricai appiiaaeee as m8y lntroduos
m securing great speed.
rca may affect th. ape*,. tat th, m98ns cf
TH ~ ^ « • P-eaUy
ln°iden‘ rtth ** »ill quiet the ,
on all questions as tc danger.
muy ef th ’ ha,e -- “ -*-« W
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least receive „e aaeuyahe. that I a. pot either a epeeZcr
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cr an adventurer.
I believe we have a gccd thing in this Patent, naturally
I gc tc the best source fcr using it.
At ycur leisure write tc me, and seme day when I am
in ycur State, ycu will perhaps allcw me tc call and see ms you
and ycur wonderful invention.
Ycurs truly.
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laboratory or one of the company shops. Some of the correspondence relates
to a proposed visit by the renowned explorer, Henry M. Stanley.
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agreements between Edison, Felix Lalande, and Georges Chaperon in regard
to galvanic batteries; correspondence pertaining to a rental dispute between
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wound for our cells. If we are to do anything with these we
ought to be in a position to commence canvassing for sales im¬
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costs. How soon could we obtain this information?
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Mr. A.O. Tate-
Edison Laboratory,
Brange, N.J.'
Dear Sir-
World Building, Room 87,
New York, Aug,- 6th, 1891.
Would it be possible to send me a sample of the Edison Lalande
battery to show to customers? While the battery is well known, still
I find that many persons wish to see the battery before deciding*
I have not a phonograph at present in the office, but am in active
competition with the James H. Mason storage battery in same office,
and therefore wish to place the two side by side .
While I appreciate the fact that a primary and storage battery are
dissimilar, still both are used for running phonographs, and I be¬
lieve that with one of your batteries to show, I can effect some sales »
I have placed the former advertisement of the Lalande battery
in the June and July editions of The Phonogram, which will appear as one
the coming week, (it being too late to issue both separately) in order to
satisfy the Remington type-writer people, who were displeased with the
appearance of the' cut used previously^ and who had a new cut made* 1
wrote you concerning this some timeago, and you ordered same inserted in
the June issue.
Will you kindly remit the last bill sent to you some fewweeks ago,
as I am very much in need of funds*
Very truly yours.
Manager .
DlCt/
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Mfc. Tate:
Hew York City, Aug. II, 1891.
Very truly yours,
S.B. Eaton p A.G.M ^
^ _ • , *
(^ana^^tr,
Major S. B. Eaton,
S dig on Building, Broad St.,
s not yet received from you a reply to my let tar
23rd ultimo, with ’.vhieh I sent to yc
> agrea.ients between
-dioon, Felix ae Lalande and Georges Chaperon, and asked c-ec*-
i questions with relation thereto. An answer at your e'ar-Uf
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Ayg,_l‘}th,,1891
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Private Secretary,
Edison's laboratory, Ormge New Jersey,
Dear Sir:-
Re Contracts between T. A. Edison, lalande and Chaper¬
on. Referring to the questions contained in your letter of July
23rd., and to the nontraots of August 24, 1889 and April 8, 1890,
I beg to say that the matter presented very considerable difficul¬
ties of solution. As a consequence, it has b een necessary to make
a considerable investigation of authorities, and this has result¬
ed in delay.
U) The Scope of the 'contracts.
The contractnof Aug. 24, 1889, gives an exclusive li¬
cense to manufacture, UBe and sell galvanio batteries covered by
the lalande-Chaperon patents, within the United States, for all
purposes except as secondary batteries in connect! on with electric
lighting. The further provision as to phonograph batteries
seans not to be important here. The royalty is 25 centimes per
lit<re capacity, with a minimum limit of royalty of $2,000, per
annum. The contract provides that Mr.; Edison may terminate the
license on six months' notice in writing— thate is no provision as
to termination by the licensors.
The contract of April 8, 1890, recites that the purpose
of the second contract is to extend the license mentioned in the
first to the use of said cells for electric lighting purposes
in electric lighting plants of a capacity not exceeding 25 lamps,
and gives a further right to sell but not manufacture in the Domin¬
ion of Qanada, the Republic of Mexico and all oountriesupon the
European continent except Franoe and Great Britain. This license
is not like the former one, exclusive. The royalty is the same
as in the previous contract, to wit, 25 centimes per litre capacity;
but has no minimum limit of royalty. This contraot also, unlike
the previous one, may be terminated by either party.
It seems quite clear that these contracts are to be
interpreted separately— that is, each stands upon its own basis
so far as obligations are concerned. I agreed with you, therefore,
that the minimum royalty provided for in the first contract must
be paid without any reference whatever to matters covered by the
second contract.
(2) The Questions submitted and the law touching the
(2)
Subject,
Your question is stated as follows:- "Now, I want to
"know if we sell to the E, S. Greeley Company, for instance, in
"New Yoric City, and Greeley exports the cells to Mexico, must we
■account under the oontract of August 24,1889, or under the oon-
"tract of April 8, 1890? In other words, would that constitute
"a sale by Edison in the United Stat.eB or a sale by him in Mex-
"ico? We make sales to Greeley now, and he can dispose of the
"batteries in. the United States or in certain South American
■couhtries as he pleases to. What I want to know is, whether
•Greeley would in the eyes of the law be considered a medium, or
"whether our responsibility ceases when we make sales to him in
■New York? Lalande has no patents in any of the countries which
"I have in mind,"
As a general provision of la w, a restricted territorial
licensee is not cleared of his responsibility upon a sale within
the lioensed territory As a general proposition, a vendee from
such licensee may UBe , but not sell articles so purchased in tepri
tories outside the licensed territory. As a corollary from this,
the licensee, for say the State of New Yodc , may not sell to a
person within the State of New York far sale without the State of
9
New York. In other words, a licensee for a restricted terri¬
tory is not allowed to aid and abet any other person, in violat¬
ing the license. Where the licensee who sells, knows or has
reason to believe the person to. whan he sells intends to Bell
the articles witho ut the licensed territory, the responsibility
of the licensee does not cease with the sale.
This would be true as to sales to a vendee, who in¬
tended to sell and did sell the articles in a territory covered
by the licensor's patents, other than the territory for which the
licensee had a license. How does the matter stand apart from
the express terms of our contracts, with reference to territory
where the licensors have no patents? We think, in such case,
either the licensee, -Mr. Edison, or his vendee, the Greeley Com¬
pany, might sell in the territory for which there were no patents.
It would not be a violation of the United States patents, because
they eoveronly thiis country. It would not be a violatiai of Mex¬
ican patents— let us say, assuning that there are no lalande pat¬
ents in Mexico— because there are no lalande patents of that
country to violate.
But the act of the licensee in selling to a vendee
for purposes of sale uutside the licensed territory and- in a
i
territory where the licensors patentB exist and for which the li¬
censee has no license, is not considered by the law to be a sale
within the unlicensed territory. His offense is considered to be
aiding and abetting another to sell within the unlicensed ter¬
ritory. Consequently, in the view of the law, the licensee is
considered as actually selling in the plaoe where he actually does
sell. In this case, in theory of law, the E. S. Greeley Com¬
pany would not be a medium, as you suggest, and Mr. Edison's
sale would actually take plaoe within the United States. We think,
therefore, that the matter would be governed by the first contract
and the royalty woold be oanputed under it.
We do not think that the license to Mr. EdiBOn in the
second contract to sell but not to manufacture the batteries in
the Dominion of Canada and the Republic of Mexico, applies to
such a case, because, it would seen as if the second contract,
as to this point, applied only to sales by Mr. Edison in Mexico.
(3) Cone lust one.
To sun up, I think that the royalty would be payable
under the f&rst contract and not the second, I may say; how¬
ever, that the question is an extremely close and doubtful one,
i and I cannot guarantee that a Court would take a sim^^a^ieWY -
fa yau"'
[ENCLOSURE]
The Phonogram,
The Official Organ of the Phonograph Companies of the United States.
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
Devoted to the Interests of the Phonograph, and Kindred Subjects.
Room 87, Pulitzer Building,
-September— 28-,—
Sfyl
Mr. AO. Tate,
C/O Edison Mfg. Co.,
near sir:-
$T!
Enclosed, please find receipt ^sent by messenger yesterday,
for which please accept thanks. I received the two new plate/: of the
Edison Lalande Battery from Messrs. Burgoyne & Co, and will insert
same in place of the old one.
Thanking you for past courtesies, I remain,
^CEIVEc
SEP 8 0 1801
Muit fltanffgrapli and fltcuogtniilt-ilvnphoplimtf,
i// TiMEs-guiLPme,
Edison Mfg' Co, Orange, N.J.- ^
STEM0GRAPHERSrG6PHSTS
• ANB-TOfrteERS
PI loiinnHEP) fin';mrr'T.vi;>rSv TKwwm i.rcTirncj-crar
To 1/2 page advertisement in Aug. issue (NO . 8) Phono gri
[ENCLOSURE]
'The; Phonogram,
The Official Organ of the Phonograph Companies of the United States.
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
Devoted to the Interests of the Phonograph, and Kindred Subjects.
Room 87, Pulitzer Building,
Edison r.Iftf. Co.,
Orancre- N-J-
Gentlemen:-
•£ECEIY££
to 0CT 3 7 1891
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Ms’dZ
Enclosed please find receipt for check of $^^,^£oy
the Edison Lalande Battery Advertisement in the issue of the
Phonogram. Please accept thanks for seme.
We forward by this mail Lalande cut which was sent to
us from l.Iess. Burgoyne & Co . ,
Yours veiy truly-
Thoms At Edison, Esq. ,
N. J'. & Penn' a. Concent rat ing Works,
Ogdens burgh, II. J.
Doar Sir:-
X enclose herewith copy of Duplicate Musical Record
Report for the week ending October 31st, 1891;. also copies of
Manufacture Company’s weokly Financial Reports for week ending
October 29th, 1891.
I also oncloso herevrlth a lotter received to-day from Mr.
P. B. Delany, together with newspaper clippings.
Yours very truly.
fUSCEIV^fc
. NOV 4 , 18gi
[ENCLOSURE]
COPY,
B.
KDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
0 R A N G K , N. J.
FINANCIAL RBPORT FOR WKKK RHMHG OOTOBKR 29th, 1801^
W A K D K P A R 1 H K H.
1.
WAX SALKS FOR WKKK - ; - HONK
2.
ACCOUNTS RKCKIVABLK - 549.90
a.
PAY ROLL FOR WKKK - .3. gg
[ENCLOSURE]
COPY.
B.
EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
0 R A N G K , N. J.
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR WEEK ENBIJTS OCTOBER S9TH, 1891,
BATTERY DEPARTMENT.
1.
SALES "FOR WEEK - 892.05
2.
ORDERS ON HAND - 129.17
3.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - 4901.90
Leas paid Airing; week 587.58
Net sum due _ 4294.40
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE - 10937.08
Less received during week 892.57
Net sum due - - 10044.51
5.
PAY ROLL FOR WERE - - - 219.94
1891. Electric Light - General (D-91-22)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
electric lighting and power. Included are letters pertaining to cable insulation,
electrocution, insurance for central stations, and lamp filaments. There is also
correspondence from Charles T. Porter in regard to a Porter engine at the
West Orange laboratory; a letter by Hermann Claudius about the early electric
light work done at Menlo Park and Pearl Street; and a copy of an article by
Dr. Henry G. Piffard describing the use of Edison current for medical
purposes.
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STEPHEN E. BARTON, Pros. EVERETT W, BURDETT, Vice-Pros. CHARLES F. POLLARD Sec'y and Treai
DIRECTORS i
GctW Hrnjamin P. Pkacii, Jr., I^Rnf'Man., Ass't
T.‘ C. Bates, Worcester, Mass., Director Worcester El.
KLiiMtA Morgan. Springfield. M^ss., Pres. United Kl.l.t.
th" ma^*t? ro’IHo'i^d^ nr
Thomas A Edison, Esq
; Laboratory ,
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Electric Mutualjlnsurance Company,
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85 'WATER STREET. Room 50.
Boston, Mass., ...Eeb...:_..l&, . ism _
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My Dear Edison,-
At the suggestion of our friends Messrs.' Ste^ringer
and Zonks, Captain Brophy and I desire to call you- attention to
our new Electric Insurance enterprise, documents concerning which
I herewith enclose:.
Although our success thus far has been very flattering and
almost beyond our expectations, still it will not have come up to
our own satisfaction until we can include Hr. Edison in the member¬
ship of our Company, and fool that we have insurance tip on those
large industries which bear his name .
Aside from the considerable saving in premium which we feel
confident we can save you in this Company and the Factory Mutuals,
with which we are associated, insurance with us would leave the
matter of inspection exclusively with the Captain, since the Fac¬
tory Mutuals leave such matters on electrical risks in the manage¬
ment of this Cornpany.
In tne way of advantage to us, such a consummation would not
only add excellent risks to our rapidly increasing numbers but we
ELECTRIC MUTUAL INS. CO.
BOSTON; (MASS. . g* . -
Hioirns A. Edison, Esq,',
fool that it would be invaluable to our development and success in
tho way of endorsement which it would add. I trust I am not too
presumptuous in fooling that you will look, with favor upon our
solicitation and place tho tatter in tho hands of tho proper par¬
ties with whom we nay negotiate.
Y/ith kindest regards from tho Captain and myself, I remain
Yours very truly,
Electric Mutual Insurance Co.
[ENCLOSURE]
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
Presented at the Corporation Meeting by the Board of Directors
OF THE
Electric Mutual Insurance Company,
OF BOSTON, MASS.
To the Policyholders B°STON’ MaSS" j!lnuar>’ =°’ i89'’
The causes which induced the formation of this Company were the following :
The exorbitant rates and exacting conditions imposed by “Stock Companies," —the difficulty, even, of
procuring necessary reliable insurance in those Companies on electrical risks, together with their vacillating
action in the matter of rates, which are subject to the whims and prejudices of Local Boards and Compacts ; and
ai.o the realization that the enormous capital invested in Electrical industries requiring insurance called for a
Company of its own.
The unfairness of the Stock Companies’ rates (notwithstanding their protestations to the contrary) can have
no more potent demonstration than the alacrity with which they arc .now mincing them almost one-half wherever
and whenever they feel the competition of our Company Such reductions are not made, however, until our
competition is felt.
About the first of January, 1890, a Prospectus was sent out setting forth the purposes and prospects of the
Electric Mutual Insurance Company and calling for pledges of insurance to secure an incorporation and authority
to begin business under Massachusetts law. Not less than $500,000 insurance, covering at least 200 separate
risks, was required. More than double the required amount was pledged, and an organization and incorporation
was at once effected. The Company issued its first policies on the 15111 of May. This" report covers the opera-
tions to the close of business Dec. 31, 1890, — 7 1-2 months.
By the Treasurer’s Report you have seen that the outstanding risks amount to the large sum of $2,897,587,
tile premium on which is $30,320.7 1 — an average rate of about 1 1-5 per cent. The average amount of policies
is $9,055. The actual cash assets, after paying every dollar of taxes, expenses (including costs of organization,
equipment of office, etc.) and losses, amount to $18,907.04, a result, we believe, that is unprecedented in the form¬
ation of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies.
Not a risk has been assumed that has not either been personally examined by a representative of the Com¬
pany, or the fullest detail and description submitted by the member insuring, in writing, upon blanks of the Com¬
pany provided for the purpose. Not a risk is outstanding that lias not been improved electrically (where im¬
provement was needed), nor that is seriously exposed or without good facilities for extinguishing fire. Nothing
can better attest those facts than the statement that not a dollar of loss has occurred on any Station insured.
If the experience of the Company during the first eight months continues to the end of the first year, we shall
be able to pay back to members 50 per cent, of the premium paid for their policies, and add to our reserve
besides ; thereby reducing tile cost of subsequent insurance by one-half, as well as adding to tiie strength of the
Company.
Your Directors have confidence to feel that so soon as our volume of premiums shall have grown large enough
to reduce the ratio of expense to that of the “ Factory. Mutuals ” (about 10 per cent, of premiums) dividends on
profits can be made on expiring policies equal to that paid by those Companies, which averages nearly 75 per cent.
But if no dividends were anticipated from the Company, your Directors feel that a large part of its n.ission lias been
accomplished in the material lessening of rales which it has already caused, — the average prevailing rate of
“ Board Companies ” previous to its advent having been about two per cent., while, as shown by your Treasurer’s
Report our average is but a trifle over one per cent., and we have compelled the Board Companies to make similar
reductions. We predict that they will bid still lower.
The fact should be borne in mind that their seeming magnanimity in reducing their rates will only last while
the competition does. To the importance of sustaining the Company as a competitor and controllor of rates,-
[FILMED IN SECTIONS]
INSURANCE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER PLANTS.
(Extract from the Proceeding of the Edison Contention at Minneapolis, September /0-/7-/8, /800.)
SESSION' OF WEDNESDAY,
special assignment, the question of insurance was
maun the first order of business. The special committee
on insurance of centra! stations, consisting of Messrs. C.
L. Edgar, Thomas P. Merritt, W. I. tents and John I.
Deggs (ex officio), reported substantially as follows : —
„.Tll!f committee, which was appointed about a year pre-
plnint0 T8"?"10 ,ho feasibility of some plan of mutual
“n,V,a- station insurance, made a somewhat careful report
in , f minS™ is meellnS last year, and subsequently
in the minutes of that meeting made an additional report
irom material gathered after the meeting:, bv which it an.
s.£( wstiers1 xfi-j
jStSi'issr'A^
there was printed in full a prospectus of the Electric Mutual
Insurance Company, of which Mr. S. E. Barton is the
president. I hat brought the matter up to so late a date,
and outlined so clearly to the commitlec the probability of
a fruition in the direction of their work without any fur-
ther effort on their part, that the committee had not con-
fin’’, i” "cecssary to render this morning any formal
report, but merely to call attention to the fact that
tins prospectus of the Electric Mutual Insurance Com¬
pany was followed up by the projectors of that enter¬
prise in the development of an organization and the
beginning of business, with which filets most of you
gentlemen are more or less familiar : and the committee
desire, in view of the mutually useful and profitable re-
suits which appear to be coming forward, in the interests
of the central stations, to report at this meeting that their
work has practically been accomplished, so far as they un¬
derstand their instructions. The committee also decided
most efficient fire appliances, automatic spiinklers — in
covers the eariy^ dayswli eaMp,iantces’t. Th's experience also
are able to form an intelligent idea of the working of1 the
system. At present the risks of these companies include
cotton and woollen mills, all textile mills, rubber manufac¬
tories, metal factories, foundries, paper mills, and everything
included in the large manufacturing industries of New
England and the Middle States. They have not gone very
argely into the Western and Southern States until withih
the few past years. Their experience is that they are giving
“ ? ,0 amount ol something over Sjoo,o5o,oo5
to-day, at a cost of one fifth of one per cent, per annum.
The r average rate is about one per cent. Their lowest rate
is about eight tenths of one percent., and it varies from
•"at^i upwards, according to the risks, so that it brings their
average raie on tiie $500,000,000 to about one per cent,
they have returned in dividends, after paying all losses, all
expenses and everything pertaining to the conduct of the
VoiffjmY" a •crag? ?° e "”in, 67 l'cr “»«•
a„;°?i • !" mlnd ,hit tl,is average includes their
X,^ ™S„rS;nC.e 4 y 'verc »rfl organized, when the con-
s ruction of factories was.very inferior and before the intro¬
duction of modern fire appliances. At the present time the
enid- PxMds by any °nc of those companies is 60
85 per cent h,g ,est 95 per cent** l,ie average being about
uJJnrt ,val“able experience as a basis to guide
nn iSrh?lJh!"k that. 'v.e are wrong >n assuming that
an electric light station as it is constructed to-dav. with all
somewhat in explanation of
Insurance Company in whii
likely to become interested, !
Iiat in a historical way, an
le business methods of th
1 we are all interested 0
The President then Introduced Mr. S. E. Barton, who
made, in substance, the following remarks : —
1 am indeed grateful for the privilege extended to me of
meeting you all here in this session. I do not feel that I
have come as a stranger, nor brought to you a “ scheme ”
in which any one person is alone interested. I feel, and I
want you to feel, that in this system of insurance all of you
who may become insurers will become owners, as it were,
and I, occupying simply the position of being at the head of
the company, your servant.
By this system of insurance there is no profit to be
secured by officers, stockholders, and agents. There is
nothing to be gained by any person, with the exception, of
an electric light station as it is constructed to-day, with all
the safeguards and the same adequate amount olfire appli-
'rayr°£ ProleFli™. just as good a risk (and
IS e?ase® a,fa£ supcrior one) as those that the manu-
facturers mutuals have made their showing upon. That is
tiintv" Li?v^r|tamt?’ ,f« m.de?t[ il may be called an uncer¬
tainty, that we have to deal with. Such bcimr the case I
can see no reason, why we cannot show just as good results
as they have done, and in time, when our business shall
have assumed proportions so that our expense ratio will be
tha^tliV^ bet! ter results
?hc°m,l'fm Pfer,ce?t;°£ ",ei^ Pr'mium5. as comped™ £
the system of stock insurance, where 30 per cent, of every
dollar they- take goes in the way of commissions to general
agents and subordinate agents. That 30 per cent alone
would cover, with the mutual system, not onlv the eine£«
but all the losses in their business. 7 1
thntnl^n 10 ra\thc,re "ougunts employed with
the manufacturers' mutuals or the Electric Mutual, conse¬
quently it has never been deemed desirable, by the manu¬
facturers' mutuals, to comply with the laws of tlm rarious
States, that is, by getting regular legal admission to the
different States. The Jaws in the several States vary con¬
siderably. Some of them were enacted absolutely and
solely in the interests of stock companies for the nuroose of
keeping out mutual competition, and there are minv unfair
-onLLlSh unconstitutional laivs which have been
a fire-proof station. It must not have any exposures, or if
there are any, the same must be cut off by fire shutters on
all openings. 1 he station must have what we term a “ stan¬
dard of fire protection,” with pumps, and hose attached. The
hose shall be small or large, according to the size of the
station, but preferably small, the idea being that any part
In c*C statt-on caajb® reached instantly with a small stream.
Ee on hand without having1?© starta pump^In’^is^U^
pressure cannot be secured, fire extinguishers must be pro¬
vided. In cases where a station is exposed, the exposure
charge must be specially made according to the conditions.
Our desire is to issue policies in every instance in blanket
form, that is, covering the building and its contents, with¬
out specific divisions. I have here one of the forms. It
covers in this way, “ the main building and projections, if
any, which constitute a single station or risk, and all the
contents thereof, which may be necessary in the manufacture
of electric light and power.”
There is another insurance that we are granting, and that
is the insurance of the plant outside the station. Up to the
present time we have issued about one dozen of such poli-
cies. We have given “blanket" policies covering every
article of property connected with alt the outside circuits,
against loss or damage by fire, including everything con¬
nected with the circuit from the time it leaves the station
until it returns, — wires, poles, lamps, converters, meters,
fixtures, etc. On this class of insurance we have fixed the
rate at three-fourths of one per cent., and at the end of the
year we will be in a position to judge whether this is an
equitable rate. It is a class of insurance in which we are
liable to a number of small losses, but I believe should be
taken care of by our company.
A word as to our directors ; I am sure you will recognize
?.*«»• _Mr* A- Gilbert, president of the Boston Electric
Light Company, who started this idea of mutual insurance
in !884 atthc Baltimore convention of the National Elec¬
tric Light Association. He sent out previous to that time
to such electric companies as he could obtain the addresses
of, a circular asking their opinion as to the formation of a
pzny: E. VV . Bu r'd et q” co u n sci tr
Light Company, and also (or the Electric Mutual Company
?Wh'Cl'Pre'Slt!e.nl °£ tl,e same ! G<:nPral Benjamin F.
J r” 5.ss,4 „ lre»surer, Thonison-Houston Electric
Company; 1. C. Bates, director, Worcester Electric Liulit
mnvP™\: 1J,Taber> '}’homson.Houston Electric Com-
pany, IJisha Morgan, president of the Springfield United
po^^
3„ref
[ENCLOSURE]
S^HST^l.ITOI^l.Xj ST^.TE3wtBlTT
ELECTRIC
Mutual - Insurance - Company,
BOSTON, MASS.,
JOSEPH LYONS, \
jVlcchanical and Electrical Expert,
Solicitor of Talents,
Equitable Building, 1003 E Street 1ST. jw.
gable flddpegg, “ Jollv.” $). February .16,.. 159 1
Thomas a. Edison, Esq. ,
X-Llbwellyn Park, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I have a letter from a most intimate friend, who is a
metallurgist and mining engineer out West, saying that he has dis¬
covered and entered a claim for mineral lands containing ores with a
rich percentage of wolfram or wolframite. My friend tells me that he
has learned that you are looking for wolframite for use in the produc¬
tion of the incandescent filament for your lamps, and he desires me to
ascertain for him whether this is so, and if so, whether you would
enter into negotiations either for the acquisition of the land, or of
the metal.
Please let me know by a few words whether you are willing
to give the matter consideration, in which case, I shall be glad to
facilitate any transactions it may lead to.
Very respectfully.
j Baltimore, February 20th, 1891.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq., I )
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Orange, N.o,
My dear Edison,
I have formed
the Columbia Canal from the( Its^e o'f^i South
miles long and has twenty
Cik <t>'
aJsTndicatfi^n'-NGW Yohk and bought
J 0 U\ L^ivd U\.
Carolina... It is four
J Lfi
, power. We propose get-
Lu AtcA.
j. ■ . . . LaJAL-ca, rv; ’ ?. v-C-V
‘■mg the cotton manufacturers tg. put theirTmills there o
. +. + „ u> n
m the centre of the cotton bjel|. Now t,her^ are tlirce mills now
operated by steam about half a mijj^’&om M Caffalf CakS/o ' q/““‘
the canal, transmitHhis power^to that distance, one /
in dynamos
of them using as much
er^to tha
five hundred horse fcojror. If v,
so what will be t he /p_er.,c/nt ag e. ■ of~los s-'in transmission ?
( (sLft j\ l cl- A. t v -L «*■
his to^thfeWev/York Office. ^
Please answer this
I shall organize a company here of a million dollars
IT
?it1fen
capital. The time is propitious, n
come in. / I have written
J
i°n ^ eW uud I am now waiting theii’
md'kdjiat four^mTTe’s"” square w i 1 r^WVtrr-4h.!i i~s^“
>ee the lighting is very compsctf.
my plan or organ i:
approval. 1 undej
entire city, so you
There is three miles from the centre of lighting^ but
within the City limit s^, a splendid water power, which we can get.
It has ten thousand horse power in high water and the minimum
horse power in low water is eight thousand horse power. Would
be well to use this, or to use steam? I have written the partic
ulars to New York and I have asked them to refer the question to
the engineering department. I will be glad to have your vii
also.
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GEO. A. LEACH, Manager.
Deer Mr. Fdir.on:-
(L-Cgj!
V.lmt do yor think of the Electro not- ion Electrician? You
smile, and T don’t wonder. How do you suppose the current ever got
through that darkey’s skull? Don’t you think it took the path of
least resistance, t.krourfi the skin and flesh covering the skull and
siz’/led tne fellow to death, instead of reaching the brain and paral¬
yzing him with the first shock? T think the blistering on the face
indicates, this. >■
It seems to me that a large surface contact on the palm of
the hands and wrists would give the current free access to the main
arteries lending to the heart and that paralysis of that orphan would
accompany tlie first shock. I am not thoroughly up in anatomy but
venture to say that with the same area of surface contact it would
be found that the resistance from hand to hand would not be much more
than half of that from head to foot. I tihould like very much to hear
from you. Put a few words together right to the point, as you did in
that famous letter about the "swelled head and small pox",- something
I can use,- or if you don’t wish to be quoted, mark your letter“con‘-,
fi dent ini", and I will put- it in the archives, under seal. i’x>/
Yours very truly.
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
SPENCER TRASK, PRESI
General Office , 4. 32 Fifth Avemie ,
A-'4'* jfcMrtoH, 21st Sept., 1091.
Thos. A. .Edison, Esqfvv*
Orange, Nov; Jersey.
Pear Mr. Edison:
^ECEIV^
:;y.,r SEP 2 b igg|
I send, herewith a pamphlet on the application of the Edison
current to physicians 1 office use, by Dr. Piffard, and I trust you will
be able ? to take the fort
^.,r -MM; V"" '
>nts necessary to acquaint yourself with
X understand that the paper is likely to be a subject of cbntro-
ersy and as it suggests an important application of the Edison current
i it suggests
"‘ih 'the^housep' of physicians whose recommendations to patients
th^'use of the "electric light necessarily haye great weight,
he' Vis fully preparJd as possible to uphold the positions of
want to
of this paper.
Very truly yours
? v*
(TVVVUA
First Vice President.
( Enclosure jl'
'wk‘> '-'a-
[ENCLOSURE]
improvements in the
0%' adaptation OP THE EDISON curreni
Y-jTO general OFFIOE use* ®
£ *N ^,0 ^ew York Medical Journal of June 7 1800 I
. published tho description of a method that 1 1, ad devised
Sta«8&“?,7 '"“““‘"W "Wr* from «twrt could ho
: JShyomontly utilized and .nado to take the place of the ™l-
. vantc .batteries in ordinary use. An experience of nioro
a jonr in the use of tho ^rcot curront; link clearly
Snicnee "* "* ‘° "* °f WKcation and great con-
' • • ( During t^sjjeriod, however, I have extended the scope
U Wh,ct ? “k “ttontiou >■> Uio proB-
1 rora Uie donee as now constructed we can obtain tlio
continuous galvanic current, the slowly or rapidly lluctuat-
‘"e snivanm currc^, and. the primary and secondary fara-
,4 Society of the County of New York.
[ENCLOSURE]
16 THE EDISON CURRENT FOR OFFICE USE/ I
Siemens, , which may bo obtained from tlio Ozone Company
The adapter, motor-dynamo, and.^hor devices which
_ ^ V • ‘ ^ .
82, Equitable Building, Boston,
December 5, 189 1.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Dear Sir:-
I wrote to you last spring i'or an interview
which you suggested would be given after returning from Schenectady.-
My wish was to speak with you conceding the direct production of elec¬
tricity.
Recently I note your patent issued Sept. 39/91, touching
this subject, which leads me to again write.
If you can suggest to me some assurance that my views and
method can be advanced, X will be pleased to someway proceed. It is
evident that two heads may be better than one and an observation of
years ago may put you upon the right track. -
Very truly yours,
JL
. -tkzz:
&-
■£ECEIV££)
DEC 7 - 1891 .
cThilsi r, Fletcher,
. CHEMICAL ENGINEER.
KECElV^
82, Equitable Building, Boston, December 10, Ml.''
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Dear Sir:-
0n my way to Philadelphia next week X should be
pleased to confer with you, if you may make it convenient.
There are some matters well worth considering.- I have been
more or less associated with Prof. Moses G. farmer for several years'
«onVnnn ^ hi!" si«°e °^ildhood ) and have already expended some
§30,000, having bought three Edison dynamos.- we have accomplished
much, but Farmer is going to pieces fast, this year.- He is 71 and
since last winter has not been able to do much of anything.- This sum-
edr+Janin» t ^ght,.h^ strfngth up as expected.- I have always attend
8 Jt0u i?e"tenths o1 the metal operations, bearing the entire expense,
and sharing equally with him in the patents taken out.-
. . , I.,am Prepared to make further expenditures and as "two heads
are better than one" it seems best to confer with you, if agreeable and
convenient. An excellent thought for the direct production of electri-
city I may perhaps suggest to you: and some other matters, nearer to
igy heart, can surely be successful, X feel.-
I can easily adapt my Philadelphia trip to your appointment
with me, to see how two heads can pull together perhaps.
Very truly yours,
1891. Electric Light - Edison Electric Light Company -
General (D-91-23)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the
Edison Electric Light Co. Although this company became part of the Edison
General Electric Co. on August 1, 1890, certain business operations continued
under the former name. Many of the letters are by Sherburne B. Eaton,
general counsel, and pertain to the assignment of patents. A few of the
documents may be partially illegible due to water damage.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal
and acknowledgement; meeting announcements; other routine business
correspondence; duplicate copies of selected documents.
In a'e6ordaiice with our conversation of last week, X
•• Gnoloso a list of Canadian patents granted to Mr. Edison for in¬
dentions. relating to electric lighting, according to the records
of the |a>ent Office at Ottawa. Will you kindly compare this with
# ‘ -
any patents or records in your possession tending to show whether
■ , . .
,,;this list embraces all of Mr. Edison's Canadian patents to which
the ^dison Eleotric Light' Co., 'or any of the branches of tin
Edison Gon^l Electric Company's organization are entitled.'
this information by' instructions of S. B.
Eaton, E||g, General Counsel, who desires a complete list of all
Pa^|f '-Sy^ °Vmed- °r aont *°*\ed by the General Company, and of any
in Canada to ‘which this Company, as at present made
en+-itled, either in electric light or power work.
,lft ’ ’^'Kindly r°tUrn the en°i°sed list with such a definite
■R+.at.onient of the result of your comparison as may.serve as a
, . , on!of my report, which I have been particularly requested to
i^Rake as^thorough as possible.
Yours very truly
.v;l'£eneiosure.
(f^fEOISON BUILDING)
<yl'(cw‘^0r/>' _ Aug_l7_ia91.,
Orange New Jersey,-- (/(
l\ ftV y-J \ f' I t tX:'~
Dear Sir* \
RS &1I*0n Applloatl™ "° 681 • This i. an application
f°- pntant for Improvement in I»,„a,.cmt sieetric Lamp,, dated
Ootobar 27, 1886, and filed by you and John p. ott, *, .
™»t Of the application to the Bdi.on L™* n. ... heretofore ...cut
“ * you and Mr ott, but never recorded, and ! am ashed .bather
«»t assignment i. a proper ene .. matter. no. ,ta»a,
I have advlaed that, under the tern, ’of the firth olana.
of the agreement of ...ember 25, 1887, b,«.,ro ye„r,.lf, ,h.
Edison hemp Company and the Edison Electric Light Company, ,he
Company i. entitled to the assignment of this invention.
By the tern, e, the above named elan., yc„ ma the lamp e„i .er.,d
to assign to the Light Co, fr,e of charge, invention, pertaining
to the lamp and it, manufacture, then held or controlled by yon
or either of you.
Ondornthee. eiroum.tanoes, therefore', I have had pre¬
pared a assignment of .hi. -invention to the Light Co', and
enclose the herewth. .ill you hindly „ by
signing at the pi... i„di.a„d and have y.nr signature .itn.ae.d
_bV *" PWW- **“ « »- «t to ...to. the -
same ina similar manner and then return the document to me so 1
may get it recorded.
Upon receiving from you this agreement duly executed,
X will destroy the old assignment of this invention which was mole
to the Lanp Co,
General Counsel E,E.X.,Co,
EATON & LEWIS
44 EDIS0N BUU0ING)
S_ep.tt_.3_fl,. 189-1/
A. 0, Tate, Esq , , Private Secretary,
Laboratory 0f Thomas A. Edison/
Orange, N.J,
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 31st
ult., enclosing assignment of Edis/n Application No. 681 to the •
Edison Electric Light Company, drfy executed by Mr. Edison and
Mr . Ott .
Very t'ruly yo
V
General Counsel,
E.E.L.Co.
EATON S LEWIS
EUGENE H. LEWIS
EDISON BUILDING)
October 7, 1891 .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Orange , New Jersey.
• Dear Sir:
.fcpCEIVf^
In bringing the suits upon the Socket Patents belonging
t0 thS Llsht ComPany» I have found it necessary to correct several
flaws in the title of the patents upon which such suits were to be
founded. one of these patents is No. 293,552, which was granted
to Sigmund Beigmann on February 12th, 1884 for Sockets for Electric
Lamps. Mr. Be^gmann assigned all his interest in this invention
to Bergmann & Company on January 21st, 1884. Bergmann & Company
assigned to the Light Company on August 6th, 1888 the right, title
and interest to this patent, so far as the same related to Sockets,
but not including Shade Holders.
It is now desired to vest in the Light Company all rights
under this patent, so that in the suits we are about to corunence
the Bill of Complaint may allege the entire ownership of the Light
Company in the patent in question.
The Corporation of Bergmann & Company has never been dis¬
solved, and as you are still the President of that Company, X beg
to ask that you will kindly sign the enclosed assignment as such
officer and return the sane to me. The signature need not be wit¬
nessed, as it will have to be attested by the Secretary, Mr. Hutch¬
inson.
May I aslc that you will kindly give this your early at¬
tention, as it is very desirable that the title to this patent be
perfected at as early a date as possible.
While strictly speaking this assignment ought perhaps to
be to the General Co., for convenience of bringing the suits, we
are getting all the titles in the name of the Light Co.
General Counsel E.E.L.Co.
Enc. L.Co.P.L.
EDISON ELECTRIC UQHT COMPANY, . A. AA'^'t'**' * ^
(DIION ■uiloiho. . Vi- 'XjL^'Y ’
' . ' « « •«°««T»W. v JV-CUI A, Oct. 3, 1891.
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lWas A. Edison, Esq., f^ECEj r-, A f ^ "
v Edison Laboratory, (v,T n / V*
•"«•*«• "-A- I«91 ,V‘" ^"/.A
*fcA»si r*- • ••‘■"UhaiiA „* K* <^£
; f. Some .time ago. I reported to Dyer & Seely your j
• ■, .('; j
. that in some of your early caveats you had doscribed an f
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;.r- ^ • ’/ cut-otre. The' enclosed .letter has been sent mo in reply
'& y:a.V ^ >•
Wiligyou, when you are in town, kindly ask
;>Mr hSeelvi; About tth-is taatti
are in town, kindly ask Mr. Dyer
or shall I bring to the Laboratory a
''some time con^&Hidnt . to you, their volume ; showing the drawings of
’ .old ®aveats.. v; ■ ^ ^ j_s>
As the Thoms o n-Ho us t o n Company have entered suit arainst
•W'1 us on the air space patent of Van Depoele, this matter may be of
i '?'f importance. ’• Whatever cutout may be placed in the Edison Municipal
v' .j lamp, ‘ experience has' shown that it is best to supply an air space
out-out also in the socket, not only. because any *M*i«iii«2^niechan-
"W'- w ■ . may •• 4
■■■■$:■■ y***ffi£n t|ie lawP/jSometimes corrode or otherwise fail to act, but
k the 'air space frequently saves the lamps from destruction
■ the-tair space frequently i
Xjjgfctnlng. . • As the space is n<
.y saves the lamps from destruc'
: not over .003 of an inch and :
’■§£gr'' and moisture, y<
’-tsS.. d^jice* as a lightning arrestei
we may. ’have a trial of yoi
EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
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December 19, 1391.
TO-rTHE STOCKHOLDERS
of the EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY: -
A special meeting of the Stockholders of the Edison Electric
Light Company is hereby called to be hold at the office of the Company,
Edison Building, Ho. 44 Broad street, in the City of Hew York, on Monday
the 4th day of January, 1892, then and there to consider and to approve
or disapprove the recent action taken by the, Board of Trustees in declar-
£ ‘Uyifiond of $0?; Oh. the capital stock df said Company, payable in
. •Cdilat'eral .fi'xipt, Debentures of said Compand bearing 6% interest per annum*
|?lpr i nc;i pal . pay able iS9'9; also in autlioriz/ng the creation and issue of
said Debentures
■ of a Trust Indenture be,-
fcwoert, said Company and the Central Trusl / Company of Mow York, as Trustee,
and til'd, deposit vfith said Trustee of certain securities, in trust, for
the pi^po.se of s k curing the payment off the principal and interest of said
Debent.uris^ E^isq for such further action relative to the proposed or
othdi; '.dividends on 'the capital stock/of oaid Company as the Stockholders
may determine.
The transfer books of the /Company will be closed at 3 p.m. on
December 22nd, 1891, and will reopeii at 10 a.m. on January 5tli, 1892.
r,n case said action by the Board be approved by the Stockholders
...said dividend will be paid to the Stockholders of record at the closing
of the transfer^ books asj^ahave (tf'ijz:, De^m^er 22nd, 1891), as soon as
4jj\Deb5nV'ros* are Prepared*' and'-eiiecuted, of' which notice will bd given,
* • AI wLtwt,
t edisOn electric light company,
' -' -'By
1891. Electric Light - Edison Electric Light Company -
Illuminating Companies (D-91-24)
This folder contains correspondence, reports, and other documents
relating to the organization and operation of Edison illuminating companies.
Included are many letters and some reports from William D. Marks,
supervising engineer and general manager of the Edison Electric Light Co. of
Philadelphia. Some of these documents pertain to an investigation of a boiler
explosion in the Philadelphia central station. There is also correspondence
from F. S. Gorton, secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Edison Co., relating to
environmental hazards resulting from their central station. Some of the
documents may be partially illegible due to water damage.
Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: invitations to Edison
to attend central station functions; letters of transmittal and
acknowledgement; meeting announcements; other routine business
correspondence; duplicate copies of selected documents.
The Edison Electric Eight Company of Philad’?
CAPACITY, 10,000 H. P.
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
r . '■ 1 996-387 mm #T. EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
General Office, 432 Fifth Avenue , . =ST
York, April 7, 1891.
"’'f?*’ 4, V°u °°PY of a letter to Kruesi, involving a knottad point
m. 41 ‘'"flySiL... . + .
' alS° like t0 appeal t0 the highest authority, if. you
l0°k °Ver the letter and give us anY wordr directly
f ?v?ely » or vert,ally if you should desire that I, .should
\> Ioome out to see w you. ih the matter.
Very truly yours,
0.0.0 1 ry~v‘\\A^.
First Vice-President.
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Thos. .A. Edison, Esq.
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
General Office, 4.32 Fifth Avenue,
SchGitecn
privet*
••'oonosfei
icnts
i th0 elootric lift at inatr n.r.t
S +‘h“ now 3'.
ti°n ;.i’ laying stutos rc> , so, <
'groir
jniiiy^ojaor lias tooon thoroughly voll done, fcha1 ,0 have
HM-; 4i spaaed., to too entirely fair to the electrical interests dnd
E 0Vva’t<^V> .end that wo are heartily dosir,ous of ' cooperating' with
hiu a.lo.iire tp keep the ne\f pavements in the hot
an
isihle can*
01 ■am’ oi-tumte that tooth the electrical inst-ll;
rwvi, should toe in this transitional state at
Repeat iiift; prohatoly the experience of the ,-vas com-
;n -u;o - tout the poetical point is to make this'
[ENCLOSURE]
ihis Company
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delay
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any fault
ito any tillable
■tin? at the
Ki o£ tho Paving work of the r:n!ti- lwjli
sen providing Vend holes at tUsiweos
^ '"«** > ™* it *** Too possible to adopt
3”4;% :,tHl a0m°o *°XM* although thi« would
^ ^ y0I‘il4nsiM t0 w» ui«er the sidewalk iro, 0
' to mother at every other house. How .far this hand hole a.
'ac!l'il t; aeverthel 8, w
oner,
Sompany
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Philadelphia, April 15th, 18S1.
TO THE, PRESIDEHT AIR) THE BOARD OP DIRECTORS
OP THE BDIS^I'I ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. OP PHILADELPHIA.
Y°.i ' ' ' $ »• reports tamps' and aato' s Vo
■■'1st, 1891 asV^oY%^-' •_ '-|p: jjjTjjtf- . -
Laihps connected ' - ' .
7761/6 H.P.
43830- sixtcens
.11642
Lamps applied for
Motors " « 723/4
2997
1Q91 4083
59500
BOILERS
Battery 4 has been throughly overhauled, chipped to ease bolts
and new bolts substituted for the old ones. The attempt to econo¬
mize by a careful reinspection of old bolts and their utilization
after being subjected to a test in tension resulted in the breaking
of the bolts on one bend as the old bolts had had the life worked
out of them. All new bolts are now in and the battery has so far
given us no trouble at all. We have no reason to fear more than
the average risk attendant upon all boilers in using this battery.'
2
Battery 2 is now being overhauled and in another
week will be ready for use under proper working conditions.
Battery 3 will next be taken up.
SERVICES AMD STREET WORK.
We have introduced 3 services and made repairs
only to street work, doi'jjg no 'new work.
• \ ' '■ ’ EXPENSES ; v‘ • >
-■Salaries; — - 7 - - -" — - ~ - _ _ , 907 m '
Cor, missions,— * - ..... _ fc.7_.iv _ ■
Coal /and Labor ; . (1448 tons) , — '1 & i IZjOIi isi kr
Oil Waste and Labor,- - 1^-. _ _ _ J. _
Workshon Expenses,'-' - 934 '^7
Lamps, Estimated (6090), - - ___Ii oAp'rn
General Expense, - - - ; _ *5 23* 21
Engine » « _ _
Boiler -> « - - - ::::::::::: 60 q-®|
House Wiring, Inspection and Complaints,- - — — 20s’9G
heter Expenses, - - - - - - 381 *44
Repairs to Steam Machinery, - - - _„r 7o9.?5o
" " 1 ■ PipinS» - - - . - - 209 !oo
" Station, - - - ±92 02
" " Street Work, - 605.07
" Elect Apparatus, - 229.60
“137388731
SALES AND COST OE CURRENT
Lamp hours sold 3,654,123
Horse Power Hours, sold 32S08 492.120
4, 146 ’243
Cost of current per lamp hour 323
1000 of cent
" " Sas equivalent, 64 6./10 cents per -5
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNTS .
Central Station Bldg.
" " Mach.
Electrical Apparatus
" Conductors
Meters
Steam Piping ;
Workshop Equipment
Installation Lamps
Services Credited
3 54.54
128.46
84.00
257.25
53.97
1468.62
i
115.62
96.94
. Less Hew Work •
Additions 'to Plant ,
RESUME FOR MONTH OF MARCH.
Net Receipts for Light & Power
Profit on Mdse 2179.90 @ 35;?
" " Isolated Plants 1059.30 a £
Less Running Expenses
Total Profit of Station
$25263.11
762.96
£ 84.74-
26115.81
13538.31
12777.50
THE SELLING PRICE OF LIGHT.
In connection v/ith this matter I have the honor to submit the
following letter from Mr. Edison.
( Cpoy )
Ogden Mine, H. J .
April 7/91.
Sr i end Marks:
To my mind the raising of the price from 3/4
to 1 cent per lamp hour is a bid for competition. I am a
believer in Insuring the permanency of an investment by keep¬
ing prices so low that there is no inducement to others to
oome in and ruin it. There seems to be a law in commercial
things as in nature. If one attempts to obtain more profit
• than general average, , lie is immediately punished by' co*peti-!
tion. .. " V;:
V ' Yours,. .
. .
Edison. . - . — ~
I beg leave to*furthexv add the following facts.
We cannot in Philadelphia' obtain ageless of custom similar /
to that of Wall Street and its neighborhood in New York.
T/e arc obtaining an equal average return in lamp
hours to that of Boston, although they nominally charge one
cent .
We have some very profitable customers and we
can, by making a careful study of each case select our cus¬
tomers when we have substitutes ready for those wo now have
that do not yield a large return.
Our coal costs- us §1,80 per ton delivered; it
costs the electrical Trust §3.70 per ton. Our contract with
Jas. Boyd & Co., is made for the year at the above rate.
Very respectfully and truly yours.
The Edison Elective Eight Company
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Office,. No. 927 Chestnut Street.
„ TELEPHONE 2120.
CAPITAL, *1,000.000. CAPACITY. 10,00.
The Edison Ooirent is absolutely free from danger to lifo.
The Edison Eleetme Eight Company
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Office, No. 927 Chestnut Street. '
• • TELEPHONE 2120.
CAPITAL, $1,000,000. CAPACITY, 10,000 H. P.
Tho Edison Currant is absolntoly fro o from danger to life,
, Central Station, 908 Sansom Street.
WILLIAM D-MARKS,
©09 SANSOM ST.
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
Executive Office, 16-18 Broad St.
i- Thoms, A. Edison, Eg']. ,
V*. ^ ^ ^ /, <7s>^
i ' ' * * ai>i picaaot] to inform you that current v/as turned on
< 5% .
< 40$ tenmo’-ary plant in tho now Station at Pearl and Elm
] wl|i|j$^ay(ifay 1st), at 6 P. M. ; arid also that, on May lot
| til 0 Od&patiy .sha.li have on its system over 70,000 incandescent
lamps,# wbleii tritli the 1,000 H. P. of motors and the arc lamps,
Jafifeft ^ &» aquiivaient of 83,000 16 candle power lamps.
gratify you to know that such disconnectioi
&GV'Al|j^$5£^'‘£he system are almost all attributable to removals
tfir that sort, as the number of customers lost for
: Reasons proves to be very small indeed.
x Very truly yours ,
Pirst Vice President.
/
Philadelphia , May 7th, 1391.
Prof. H. V/. Spangler, U.S.lTavy,
University of P^iina.
Philadel;
My Dear Sir: —
, 1 deB11’e t0 obtain your opinion on the following
points. /
(1) Have the/boilers of this Company at any time been
subjected to excessi/ firing, or force blast, or has more coal
been burned per square foot of grate per hour than is customary or
has the blast prepfeure ever been heavier than is constantly
'^in use elsewhere/;?
(2) h hat in your opinion is the cause of breaking bolts
• ,vin the Abend/oth & Root boilers in this station.?
V (3) / Does the Proposed use of a 7/8" bolt with ball and
^socket ho&d and nut offer in your opinion a remedy for this breakage
~Of bolts.?
>/'4) Are th0 boilers in Battery 4 in reasonably safe run-
mg order, and in condition to refeeive inspectors certificates?
I shall be pleased to place at your disposal Log
' b°°kS and a11 ot the re cords of this Company, to furnish you with
any information that you may desire and to give you every facility
for examining the boilers and the work in progress. I desire
of you a fair and impartial report addressed to Mr. Sami, p, . Huey*
Counsel, Drexel building, Philadelphia. i beg that you will
Spangler.
associate with you any colleagues whom you may da sir a and shall be
pleased to pay you and them what you may deem a proper compensatio:
It is very important that this investigation be completed. promptly
I am,
Yours very truly,
(Signed)
Yin. D. Harks,
Sup .Eng. « Gonl.Hangi’.
[ATTACHMENT]
Philadelphia, Pa. May 19th, 1091,
Mr. Samel B. Huey,
Droxel Building,
Phila.
Dear Sir : —
In answer to the questions submitted to us by Prof.
;\7m. D. Marks , Supervising Eng. & Gen'l. Mangr. of the Edison Electric
Light Company of Philadelphia, in his letter of May 7th, v/e would
make the following report on each of the questions submitted.
Question 1. Have the boilers of this Company at any time
been subjected to excessive firing, or force blast, or Has more
coal been burned per square foot of grate per hour than is customary
or has the blast pressure over been heavier than is constantly in
) use elsewhere ?"
In order to answer the above question correctly
we have carefully examined the log books kept at the station,- V/e
find thorn practically complete in all the data pertaining to the
daily work of the plant. They give in our opinion a reliable and
[ATTACHMENT]
2
correct account of the coal burned , tho water evaporated, tho force
of the blast, and the output of tho station for each hour of the day
‘They contain all the necessary data to enable us or others to give
a clear and positive answer to the above question. Our examina¬
tion covered a period of nearly, two years. Xlc find that the boi-
lors during that time' were not forced beyond their capacity.
At that portion of tho day when the greatest demand
was made on the boilers for steam, the boiler power available at the
manufacturers rating was in excoss of tho requirements of tho sta¬
tion.. iho amount of coal burned per square foot of grate surface
at no time exceeded that commonly burned under boilers of this char-
' acter . Y/e found that the amount of pressure of the blast was at
no time excessive,
Question 2. "Yfliat in your opinion is tho cause of breaking
bolts in the Abendrot.h & Root boilers in this station."
In order to answer this question wo have carefully
[ATTACHMENT]
3
examined the old and the new form of connection, the borken parts
and the boilers now in process of reconstruction and are of the opin¬
ion that the breakage has been caused primarily by bad workmanship
in the const miction and erection of these boilers.
As Prof. Marks desires us to express our opinion
as to whether there 'was ox- could be any water hammer which might
cause the giving way of the parts, v/e have no hesitancy in stating
. that it is simply impossible for any such phenomenon to occur in
these boilers. J
Que st ion 3. "Does the proposed uso of a 7/S" bolt with ball I
and socket head and nut offer in your opinion a remedy for this I
breakage of bolts."
■ V/e have carefully examined the method of making and
fitting the new bolts, together with the elastic ring adopted by
Prof. Marks and have tested several of the joints made in this man- !
|
ner and we believe that the methods now being adopted to remedy the j
trouble are those 'which the best engineering knowledge would provide ]
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4
for overcoming the difficulty, and while nothing would guarantee
absolute safety, in these or other boilers, against accidents in
the future, no means that we know of would bo better adapted to pra-
/• vent the breaking of these bolts.
Question 4-. "Are the boilers in battery 4 (?2) in reasonably
i (-safe running order, and in condition to receive inspectors certifi¬
cates?" .
Vdien the repairs now under way on battery #2 are con-
pleted, using all the precautions now adopted for making an entirely
elastic joint which will give before any excessive strain can be
put on the bolts, these boilers will be in reasonably safe run-
order and in condition to receive inspectors certificates,
• *
'■ . Respectfully yours
.• ' H.T/. Spangler ,
Jolm E. Codraan.
EBIS0N LflB6RATeRY.
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
Ihowas A* Edison, Esq.,
. i “ Orange^ >}■,. J.
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Exectdive Office, 16-18 Broad, St.
New York, July 15tli, 1891.
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1 ^.-I&eased to report that, in the first week of July,
Cer^artsi.lmd'on its books 2,179 ous toners, 75,530 incandescent
ltpps> -.ifc&arei lamps and 1,411 H. P. motors - tho equivalent of
ab^.^|/0pO;‘ll5^%.p. lncandosoonts. (this excludes lamps installed
' j£r«*fcnooS and elsewhere, where current is turned off for tho
Saapejf'fed turned on again in !.7intor, which would bring the total
to jQbovo 95,000.* equivalent*
V* ‘ ^’b.-totdl net oarnings of the first half year of 1891
($152,301. J, as comparod -with the first half of 1890 ($99, 822. ) ,
show an increase of S $S, Whioh will probably be increased to 55#
on the settlement of certain royalties duo from the General Co.
°f Judge Wallace, handed down yesterday,
ply in favor of Mr. Edison in regard to incandescent lamps,
wil ^‘t:vin|a ^considerable addition to the returns from lamp
1 to thi accompany, both past and future.
jjUl Orders have been plaoed for additional boilers, engines
and dynamos both for the new station downtovm and for the 20th
Street station, and there is every reason to believe that the <
. p any' s^. business at the end of the year will greatly exceed the
estimates made at the bs^innins of this year, of a total instal
■^tlen °f 100,0.00 16 o.p. equivalent and of SO/? increase in the C
pony's nel earninqs.
to tho Directors and friond
th"e'rC&r
favorable a ropor
this first half-year.
Very truly yours,
First Vice Preside
p -?
Philadelphia, July 15, 1891,
To the President and Board of Directors
of the Edison Electric Light Co. of Phila.
Gentlemen:
Your Engineer and Manager reports Lamps and Motors to
July 1st, as follows:
Lanps connected
lonnected 8321/24 H*p,»
Lanps applied for
Motors applied for 64 H.P,
total of applied for and connected
44850 sixteens
12487 "
— - - 57337
3462 "
964
- 4426
61763
r •
Brought forward -
lamps, 4084 @ 33/
General expenses
Dynamo Room expense
Engine Room expense
Boiler Room expense
House wiring inspection and complaints
Meter expenses
Repairs to steam machinery
Repairs to steam piping
Repairs to station building
Repairs to street work
Repairs to electrical apparatus
SALES & C0ST_0F CURREHT
lamp hours sold
Horse Power hours sold 45398
%
^Oost of current per lamp hour 404/1000 of a cent
fttioigit of current gas equivalent 80.8/10 cts-. per M.
I
Elec . Conductors
Elect ridal apparatus
Stav Building
eters
Steam Piping
Workshop Eqpt.
Installation lamps
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
1347'. 72
303.44 •
474.44
726. 40
7.74’
245.56
543.94
997.55
451.89
51.13
756.71
206.55
.§12961.72.
2548600
680970
3229570
§ 150.00
12.00
125v96
363.48
2.67
... 3-52
H 657'. 63
Brought forward
§329'. 79
657. G3
6 Services credited
Services charged
267.67
Less Central Sta. Mach. Or § 40.00
And new work ^ 154.97
RESUt^_PORJTHEJ.TOlITH_OP JUNE.
Receipts from light and power
Profit on Mdse. §2033.56 @ 35/
Profit on 0. Plants §1864.42 @ sX
Less running expenses
Total profit of station
| _ 62*12
§ 595.51
§ 400,
.97
.54
§19524-,
,24
729.
,25
14 9-.
15
§20402.
64
^12961-.
72
§7440. 92
This is probably one of the smallest profits we will mako
in' any month of the year although we will not vary much from it
j;uly and August-. Our receipts from light and power for the last
6 months aggregate §14236422. as against §7997222 for the same
period of 1890, As the average nuiriber of lights has increased
from 35000 in 1890 to 62000 and over in the coming months of 1891
■We can safely count on earning §300,000 this year of which §120,000
to §140,000 will be net profit. We are getting close to our limit
of 67,500 sixteens attached and will obtain the rest without diffi¬
culty before Autumn closes our street work. We will, however-,
lose stfme of our largest consumers who will put in isolated plants-.
■"We pay for our coal as deliverod into Bryants yard and owing to
stopping shipments and running on stock in May the coal bill of
that month appeared very much less than for April, which was
greater than it should have been. Since placing drips in front
vault May 1st-, the average of coal for all purposes per horse
povrer hour sold has dropped from 89/l0 to 7 lbs. With the heav¬
ier loads of winter a still greater economy will be effected-.
• TH2 MAYOR'S COMIITaVES
The Mayor has been making an earnest effort to obtain c
Committee of 3 — Mr* longs t ret h, who is an^ex^eptionable gentle-
, man has asreed to serve; others that have been applied to have
for various reasons been unable to serve.
1 have take* exception to Mr. Vanclain of the Baldwin
Eoco. Works, who has expressed an unfavorable opinion to Ovem
ao he states after visiting the works for' a brief period with him.
The Mayor as:
£* two the Committee will be
— — / ^onuiazzee will oe
convened. ^
■ Very respectfully &. truly yours,
■ v ^ an<yi/
syy%&z^e<!>C
Tl ?e Edison Electric Eight Company
^ O^f^HILAOELPHiA. •
Offloa, No. 927 Chestnut Street.
Tlia Ellison Onrront is absolutely free from danger to life.
. Central Station, 908 Sansom Street.
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Philadelphia,
To the President and Board of Directors
Aug. 19, 1891.
/'V\
of the Edison Electric Light Co. of Phila.
Gentlemen:
Your Engineer and Manager reports Lamps and Motors to
August 1st. as follows:
linaps connected
Motors connected 873 11/24 H.P.
Lamps applied for
Motors applied for 40 7/8 H.P.
Total of applied for and connected
45040 sixteens
13102 "
53142
5067 11
613 ■
- 5630
63822
We have, as you see-, exceeded the 60000 lamps which it i
deemed advisable to accept with our present boiler power. It is
perhaps more than we can carry and it will be wise not to attempt
to attack new consumers until our present number of lamps is re¬
duced to 60000. I can give you a positive opinion in October af¬
ter a careful study of the Station output under heavier loads.
Salaries
Rent
Taxes
Royalty Penn Co. (22848 Lamps O 3 83/1000/
Office expense
Commissions
Coal and Labor 889 ton3 1205 lbs.
Oil waste and labor
Workshop expense
:? 1227.01
112.50
122.51
704.40
219.63
4023.70
255.51
211.99
Brought forward -
*" *
2v
lamps j 3752 © 33/
General expenses
Dynamo Room expense
Engine Room expense
Boiler Room expense
House wiring inspection & complaints §333.07 less' $92
Meter expenses
Repairs to steam machinery
Repairs to steam piping
Repairs to Station building (painting stacks)
Repairs to street work
Repairs to electrical apparatus
1238.16
398.76
435.54
656.81
8.20
241.07
403.65
337.59
324.70
175 . 00
847.89
216.50
&B40H7. H
/•£</<* &.//
SALES & COST OF CURRBHT
Lamp hours sold 2210426
Horse Power hours sold 49753 746295
2956721
Cost of current per lamp hour 408/1000 of a cent
Cost of current gas equivalent 81. 6/l0 cts. per M.
£ONSTRUCTION_AjCCOUWT_
Elec. Conductors
Electrical apparatus
Furniture
Central Sta. Building
Central Sta. Mach.
Meters
Steam Piping
Workshop Eqpt.
Installation lamps
m- •
■$ 15.48
115. 90
545.65
80.00
7.36
Brought forward -
764.39
6 Services credited
Services charged
Less new work
§320.78
249.78
- 71.00
§. 693. 59
544-. 72
§ 148.67.
RESIWR_F 0 RJTHEJ K)1TTH_0F £ULy
Receipts from light and power
Profit on Mdse. §1378.57 6> 35#
Profit on Isolated Plants §71.75 %?,
Less running oxponsos
Total profit of station
17937. SO
482.50
5.74
18426.04
This is the smallest profit of tho year as the meter re¬
turns are now increasing and bills for isolated plants sold have not
been rendered by tho Edison gen'l Electric Co. this month.
the chestnut_st._cables
. 0n Peb- 18th» 1891 your Engineer & Manager reported as
follows:
"Chestnut Street from 3rd. to 9th. should have mains and
feeders laid upon it and would cost approximately:
For main §9,000.
* feeder to 5th. St. 4,000.
“ " " 7th. St. 2,000.
" " " 8th. St. 1,000
- §16,000
you are aware that the city authorities would not permit ,
to put in the Edison System but forced this Co. to put Cables in tho
Penn Conduit so called at this point. It would have been vastly
■i ■>
better to have put the cables in the ground rather than drag them
into this wretched structure of the Ponn Co. which has never been
anything else than a sewer for street filth.
The repairs to this cabled district have cost §7461.
in 30 months. While it is undoubtedly wiser in the long run to
replace this by the Edison tubes, the question of financial ability
to do it will have to be determined by the Board. It is a constant
source of worry and expense. The labor in laying these Edison
tubes vTill amount to about $3,000.
To attempt this work will probably result in a demand
from the Penn Co. for repairs to their conduit by ua; At tho
request of your President I again call your attention to this dis¬
trict.
C.0MPLOTI01T_0P THE STATION BUIhDING
V/e have at present 64000 lights for this station.
Your Engineer would prefer not to add to this until he has had an
Autumn month's experience, but may find himself able to carry a
few moro. Under any circumstances we are near the present limit
of our boiler and machinery capacity. We could wire 100000 lights
and carry them on our street conductors provided the Station wore
completed and room for more boilers thereby obtained. V/e have
all tho room we need for engines and dynamos.
In completing: the Station, we would be obliged to work en¬
tirely from tho Sansom Street sido as we need the Alley exclusively
for coal and ashes.
With this report you receive a vortical sectional eleva¬
tion of the Station with the present height marked upon it.
It would be cheapest to complete the whole building at onco. A
careful estimate of tho cost of this checked by ar. experienced
builder's computation mhk os it $117,000. The office room required
♦
vrould thus bo obtained, and tho machinery required from time to
time could bo paid for out of the earnings without preventing
a modorato dividend.
Tho Builder states that the arrangements preliminary
to completing the Station would be quite elaborate and preclude
tho idea of building it slowly, piece by piece. The shortest
possible time is 8 to 10 months.
Very respectfully & truly yours.
Supervising BngF & Son. Manager.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
N« J, & Penn' a. Concentrating Works,
Ogdens burgh, N. J,
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Dear Sir:-
Th0 enclosed letter fl-oi P. s. Gorton, of the Chicago
Edison Company, was reoeivad at the Laboratory this morning.
Yours very truly,
y?i,'
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[ENCLOSURE]
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»«■»«. The Chicago Edison Company.
y directors' ^ ^ 139-141 ADAMS STREET.
SSEr b itzsr . sep.t. 22nd , iai. . st?
Mr. Thoa. A. Edison, V
My Dear Edison:-
We are now increasing the present station on Adems
Street, and when all machinery is put in (which is under way)
A the Station will be full.
We are adding eight (8) #6o's, but I am very sorry
to spend this money here, because with continued increased bus¬
iness, we are constantly pushing the business to get new cus¬
tomers, and we will want more roan. I hope you can hasten
the plans of the new station, because it will take over a year
to get it so as we can operate it* and I would like to do as
much work as possible during this winter.
Can give Machino Works an order so as they can work
on the engines and dynamos during the winter. The traable has
been with the Now York office, that they were a little slow about
such things, but you promised to give this matter personal
attention, and I hope -yofl will attend to this oase, even if you
have to neglect something else.
perhaps I am too selfish in this, but it i3 no pleasure
a business unless you can push it and do a big business, and
a Station with at least 20,000 H. P. in operation before
[ENCLOSURE]
The Chicago Edison Company.
139-141 ADAMS STREET.
. : . : . ; . . . :
Thoa. A. Edison, Eaq.
$2/2/22/91 .
The World's Fair. I think it will be a great thing for
•> • yotir business in general to have the foreigners eata« here and
see this in aotual operation, and asido from being a great
thing mechanically and el ejjetrioall y, I want to have a balance
■' ifr*: 3heet with sufficient earnings to make it just as handscme that
way.
I wil 1 do my part of it, if you wil 1 give me your
assistance, please let me here how they are getting along
with the determination^ It is eight months since the can
vassers left here.
The Edison Elective Eight Company of Philad'
CAPITAL, $^,000,0^00^ CAPACITY, 10,000 H
r 8T.. Phil*. PAY BILLS AT 927 CHESTNUT STREET, 20 noon. Tclcph
IF YOU WANT CHEAP POWER, USE A MOTOR."'
E EDISON CURRENT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DANGER TO LIFE.
,!■ . PHILADELPHIA .
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CAPITAL, $1,000,000. OPACITY, 10.000 H. P.
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: >. ?fw*f *AT PM,W* PAY B,LLS at 927 CHESTNUT STREET, 2d Floor. Tclcphone n<
CONCI:"H,HO ClMinMI^niANROCII^^OO^JUIs* AU "**"**• T° WM* D* MARKS, 8UPCR
' * 'C :elV^ \ IF YOU WANT CHEAP POWE°rTuSE A MOTOR™
. f THE POISON CURRENT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DANGER TO LIFE.
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.139-14.1 ADAMS STREET. •.
DIHECTOKSi
Thos. A. fciiaon, Eaq. ’ ’
• . Orange,. New Jersey.
MyJDear Edison: ^ /0<± — jg
; ' .*t Your dispatch at hand. Mie p] aoe you have named, wilt
<~0rfccan?, . Hov«..2nd, . .'91,.
b.^ce:iv^ >,
N0V 1 0 1SS1 S-r-r...
■ I _expeot to be in Hew York in a week or two, and then
ijfi? 3 devote my time to thi a matter and e^ldin to you my ideas
;j»nd the ideas of my assistants what we think the best way to
'start torraake immediate returns. T know it is not your idea
to liuild in a country tliat may be built Up in five years.
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[ENCLOSURE]
The
The Edison Eleetme Eight Company of Philad’e
CAPITAL, $1,01
CAPACITY, |<
/ / IF YOU WANT CHEAP POWER, USE A MOTOR.
THE EDISON CURRENT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DANGER TO
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The Edison Eleefct»ie Eight Company of Philad’j
CAPITAL, $1^,000,000. CAPACITY, II
IY BILLS AT 927 CHESTNUT STREET, 21
IF YOU WANT CHEAP POWER, USE A MOTOR."'
THE EDISON CURRENT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DANGER TO LIFE.
3L1"''”L“ L . - 1 • . . . CURRENT SOLO BY METER. CIRCULARS ON APPLIC
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Jhe Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
V: $ 'General Offices, Pearl , cor. Elm St. ““"“'v,.....
New York, 23rd December, 1391.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
My dear Mr, Edison :
In sending to the Chief our best wishes for the season, as I
do • oji-.-behaif:^:. each and all of hi? staff in the bailiwick of this
Y particular company, I can perhaps 'give him no more acceptable
Christmas greeting tlian the evidence of the triumphant success of
his work in this particular field as shown in the fact that this
company: has this week on its stations over 120,000 16 C, P. equi¬
valent, constituting it, we have reason to believe, the largest
local illuminating company ih the world.
With cordial expressions of our loyalty to the general Chief,
I am /
fCECEiy^
ifgtDEC841*sl;«|
»■" .
v Very truly yours.
i/J-fCv- c.u.a
The Chicago Edison Company,
■1 ADAMS STREET.
Thoa. k. Edison, Es.j.
Orange, it. j.
reived
— /Stj
You ••3 of 23rd ii
nv*-^
DEC 2 9 1891.
just came to hand. It pAai
mo, do cause we can get the Charles and Harrison Street ‘property
.without trouble, nnd^such a large outlay, Hope you have
• made no mistake, because Harrison St. is sane distance- from
the first location named by you(further south. Please look
this over again to be sure you didn't mistake Harrison
and Charles Sts. from some other location.
' WRBCTOHSi
The Chicago Edison Company,
139-141 ADAMS STREET.
^ECE lyp '
t - JAN 4 - ^
Thomas'' A. Edison, Esq,
• V •r' Orange , H. .T. jk-f, JjN 4 -1892
My Dear Edison:
* • v'v* . ^ enclose copy of letter from a gentleman in the
- ^ * t0 us ,iero * whi°h goes to show you we have
:.j8<3
got • tOjiget .away from this lo
[ENCLOSURE]
<u* - a l„,,. .
The Chicago Edison Company,
139-141 ADAMS STREET.
Mr. Edwin v/aller,
Howe Insurance Building, City,
Dear Sir:
copy ■RECEIVE
V*. JAN 4' 189 2
'"e fo(5] compelled to make complaint regard
S ?C^PCt^d With our occupancy of the offices in the
In^ii/fei^e Building.
*) ;4 ■ ^ . Recent! y, the trembling or shaking of the building
*aS Great that it frightens many people and at
times w^f| make any person solicitous as to his safety, v/e can,
.(especially in the writer's room) frequently see the furniture
move. If, as we are . informed, th< a is caused by the anchoring
of the exhaust pipes of the lOdison plant to the iron frame of ■
the build, ipg, we eannot. be persuaded that it is a safe con¬
dition of";'af.i>,ir3.
rr.^Airain, the .smoke belching forth from the chimneys
Of th. ,.0*0 pi nut constitutes O»oh « nuisance as to b. at times
«»oot «*«„ tl„ attention of the «*,
^nopootof to „„ „» nre now lnfo»oa bp us.is-
*"• poster, tiht.,0 instruct lt>„. to pay„0 farther
“T ,o “■ m* - - '■-»* «.««» to ooofoo,
«•« nor* chimney i„ tl., city.
W >»'" "»■■■*> •>•>»» Inspector 's Dcp.rt„.l, »,
are unable to determine.
[ENCLOSURE]
The Chicago Edison Company,
139-141 ADAMS STREET.
(2)
Fortunately, however, as you have doubtless been advised,
this is not. the on] y avenue which you can pursue to stop this
nuisance... j^he Courts are open to you for that purpose and it is
a- duty which you owe ro your tenants, as we respectful :iy submit,
->to pursufe;;your remedies therein.
The ‘■’Joe trie Company has no right, for economical
or other reasons, to maintain a nuisance of this character
and you have no right to compel your tenants, who have taken
long leases, to be subjected thereto. We therefore demand that
you seek your remedies, and cause this to be a bated.
Respectfully,
Aldrich, Payne and '’.'ash burn.
Dictated,
Mr.' Aldricty,
Or* ,
The Chicago Edison Company,
139-141 ADAMS STREET.
,Jrth .thKexc option of the 200 volt lamps. We have got to a<
something and have got to act right away, so PJ ease Jet us
r.-Jcnow when this J amp wij 3 bo ready for the teat you spoke
of wlien\I. saw you -Jastv •
J8q
JLJLJLO* V E D; That the resolution with refer- j
enee to purchases which was adopted at thy last meet ins of I
the Board is hereby reconsidered and that in place thereof
the following stand as the action of the Company:
_R E S 0 1 V E D! That hereafter all purchases of
materials and applies amounting in any one bill to Five
Hundred Dollars and upwards shall be by requisition on tho
Treasurer, and after consultation between the General Man-:
ager and the Executive Officers 6f the Company, so that th$
due dates of payment may be satisfactorily arranged for.
Small purchases for current work may /.he made.^dU'glipt by* thef
General Manager, bills for the/ same being s ub%ef j&ntly madi, '
out on vouchers for filing in /regular order with the larg-i
er bills. All bills, large pr small, contracted for by
the General Manager or by an
to the Treasurer at the end
will show at all times every
-RE SOLVED; \jlhat the Board of Directors of I
the Edison Electric Light Company desire to express their
continued confidence in and appreciation of the services
of their General Manager and Superintendent, Professor Wil¬
liam D. Marks, and while regretting the unfortunate diffi¬
culties which have arisen in connection with the use of th>
Abendroth & Root boilers, they desire to express the be¬
lief that these difficulties have been caused by negligent
construction on the part, of the builders and not fron any
>ne else are to be reported
[f each day, so that his books
[outstanding purchase.
fault in the theory upon which the boilers were built and
which was approved of by the General Manager when he gave
1891. Electric Light - Edison General Electric Company -
General (D-91-2S)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the
Edison General Electric Co. Most of the letters are by Sherburne B. Eaton,
general counsel, and pertain to assignment of patents, interferences, and bills
for legal services. A few documents in Edison’s hand relate to the choice of
new dynamos for the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence regarding orders and shipments; letters of acknowledgement
and transmittal.
-'Dear Mr. Edison:
/20 equitable building)
J ./Vctr r^v^Jan. 16. 1891.
Here is a list of the more important services ren¬
dered to thgGeneral Co. by mv ofrioe. It occupied our entire force
of six lawyers and assistants, most of the time. Yet. our total
charGe was only about $1,800. Everything is charged upon a per
diem, basis and at a low rate. There are three items in this List
which if charged foiu otherwise than upon a per diem basis- would
ordinarily be worth 'the whole #1,800.
This bill excludes all patent litigation matters
and relates only to services rendered to tie General Co.
I have felt for sometime that I would like to have
you know how much work we do and how reasonable our charges are.
Please return the a nnsxed List as it forms part
of my files , and oblige.
Thomas a. Edison, Esq,
[CA. JANUARY 30, 1891]
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EATON & LEWIS *20 Z&meU&e'ty { equitable 6UI10ING )
Thomas A. Edison, Eso..,
Orange, Mew Jersey.
Dear sir:
H-t
yj£w .^y^jgsb-.-IO, xas i. M'f
7¥%s
No .438, 310, which was
inents in lamp bases,
was forwarded to us
enclosed assignment.
Enclosed I beg to hand you assignment of patent
ls®"?d t0 on October 14, 1890 for improve-
This is the combination base patent and
by tKe lamp Works so that we might prepare the
have it
so that
wi-j. you please execute this assignment ar
witnessed by two persons, and then return the same to
we may have it. recorded.
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EATON & LEWIS
( EQUITABLE BUILDING I
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Bear Sir:
_ . Pe Assignment by you of patent N o. ^38,320 issued
inU “l0, IbiS 8ay that in my let1- to you of the loth
% enclosed an assignment of this patent to the Gen-
eral Co. for you to execute. I* occurs to me that I ought to hav»
poapI some explanation in sending the assignment. This patent was
th!v Btotid ? thS Ed*son lamp Company in a letter in which
it was a^iimLd + +rS,. nT°Ut lWder their instructions and that
was cfvereJ Tf ^ General Co. I assumed from this that it
--nt +h« «d old arrangements between you and the Lamp Co., so T
sent the assignment to Orange for you to execute. ’
If* you have any doubt as to whether you ou^ht to
as^^taL SrtherTa^s! PleaS6 ““ 6XeC"tion «ntil I
Hoping the above will be satisfactory, I remain,
Very truly yours,
I.lr. Randolph, -
I have arranged with Mr. Edison that I
shall charge the Edison General Electric Co. twenty-five dollars
($25) per week salary from October 1st, the date of the laborator
contract. You can add this amount to their proportion of General.
Expense, or charge it direct against one of their exper hperits,
whichever may be the most convenient.
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[ENCLOSURE]
EATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
( EQUITABLE BUILDING)
•ykcw &er/£' -
Edison General Bleotrio Company,
J.H. Herrick, Esq., Vice-President.
Dear Sir:
Ro February Bills of Dyer & Seel/ Pursuant
:-o an arrangement. recently made by Controller Ord, the monthly
bills of Dyer & Seely are now all sent to me in the first, instance
all at the same time, and I now enclose their February bills with
my approval, as follows:
Light Company, monthly services of hr. Seely,
in connection with pending interferences in the Patent
• • ... . . . . ft fir i. on
Light'- Company, monthly services of
Driscoll in connection with 'interferences Ac .
Light Company, monthly services of
Mr. Dyer, principally in the Filament Case. .
382.50
ly se
Kobb
Light Company, Sundry services
Do disbursements .
General Company, Mot/ York Works,
’vices relating to Applications of Kail and of
disbursements
I , 397v50
100.00
322.14
month-
. 150.00
45.Q0
General Company, sundry monthly ser-
vicos in the Motor- Department, including interferences,
■Hunter Case &o. . ’
" ' ' , General Company, monthly son-ices in¬
cluding now application of Dnbbie Ac. .
[ENCLOSURE]
Do disbii 'seinsnts in same § 205.62
General Company, Raher.aor.ady works,
month.1 y se-vicoB relating to application of Edison v Eer-
li ner . . . ,
20.00
Do disbursements . . 36.35
& . _
$3,550,60
Servioes . . . .$2,312.00
Disbursements . . . 733.60
3,550.60
As regards some of the services rendered I
.have no personal knowledge, but I approve the bills nevertheless,
as a matter of form. This is the first time that all of these
i.ills have been submitted to ne. Perhaps in a few months after
this plan has been in effect long enough to try it, I may submit
to you some suggestions for a more intelligent supervision in
these matters.
If agreeable, will you have choques sent to
’iessra Dyeift Seely in payment of all of the above bills.
Very truly yours.
General Counsel,
Re Assignment of Edison Lamp Base Patent. I bee to
submit the following:
(2) On the I Oth ult. I sent you at the request of Mr.
Upton, a blank assignment to the General Company of yo\xr Lamp Base
Patent No. 438,310, dated October I4th, 1890, and asked you to sign
it. You did so and sent it back on the «4th ult., with a request
that I should sec if any reasons existed why you should not execute
the assignment. You told me to hold the assignment if I Md any
doubt about it. I have done so, for reasons given below,
(2) Section five of the contract of Nov. 25. 1887, be¬
tween you, the Lamp Co. and the Light Co., provides that all in¬
ventions pertaining to the lamp, made or acquired by you or the
Lamp Company before Nov. 25, 1890, shall be assigned to the Light
Company freeof charge. T^is ontract seems to be still in force'. I
believe that Mr. Villard promised that this contract should be can¬
celled, but so far as I know that has never been done. In view of
the hostile attitude of certain warlike stockholders of the Light
Company, it cannot safely be cancelled by that Company, even with
the consent of the General Co., except for adequate consideration.
(3) Under the above existing contract, I think this Lamp
Base Patent should be assigned to the Light Co. instead of the
General Co.
(4) I take this occasion to speak of your patent for
leading in wires No. 444,530, .fan. 13, 1891, application filed
September 15, 1890. Is not this patent covered also by the above
agreement?
(5) The proposed laboratory Contract between you and
tho General Co., executed provisionally as of October I, 1890, pro¬
vides in its third section that all inventions which you were then
engaged in making or perfecting or which you might make for five
years should be assigned to the General Co. The aforesaid tri¬
partite agreement of Nov. 25, 1887, is in <t> nflict with the said
Laboratory Agreement, as appears above.
Steps should be taken at once to cancel the aforesaid
tripartite agreement of Nov. 25, 1887.
I send a copy of this letter to Mr, Insull so that he
may take such action as he thinks best.
Hoping the above will be satisfactory, I remain,
^
j^ry^wwLo S (ruCf
ji^A^-o <^»cr4nA_^ (j^. ^
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0. E. Tate, Esq.,
Private Secretary to Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, New Jersey.
Deai- Sir:-
U. S. Senator Chas. J. Faulkner with his partner Mr.
Stewart W. Walker, of Martinsburg, W. Va., called at my office
reoently^and seeing Mr. Edison's photograph hung on the wall in¬
sisted that I should make a request to you f for one of these pic¬
tures .
I do it with a great deal of reluctance, because you have
already been subjected to two other requests, for the same purpose,
I will state, however, that we have one of the finest Edison
plants in the United States in Martinsburg, W. Va., and the above
named gentlemen^were instrumental in closing the contract /or the
Edison System. They are to-day thorough believers in everything
Edison, and hse been of great service to me in this territoiy
through reference.
If you would be so kind as to forward me another photograph
with Mr. Edison's autographed a letter which can be forwarded to
n?!^Lar+u2Uit'8 3Url it be £reatly appreciated by them and
li8® means Partially recompensing them for their empaht-
lo words of approval for the Edison System. -9
Yours truly.
'<6u.
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A. 0. Tate, Esq., Private Secretary, *■'" ^ 1891— 1 -O
EATON a LEWIS
EUCE^Lte’^--
Referring to your favor of the 2nd inst., in which you
enclosed a letter of Mr. Alexander Elliott relating to United
States Patent No. 236,399, issued to Alfred 0. Holcomb, for a de¬
vice known as the to and fro winding, I beg to state that I have
had an examination made of this patent with a view of ascertaining
whether it would be profitable for the Edison Company to acquire
the s ame .
The patent is a thin detailed specific patent . It is sc
•far as I can judge of no interest to the Edison Company except as
a means of offensive operation against their rivals above named.
But it is not available for this purpose because the said rival
companies already own one half interest in it and for the purpose
of making, using and selling the device that is as good as an en¬
tire interest. I do not understand that the Edison Company wants
to make this specific form of machine, that is, a machine,
"in which the whole induced conductor, wound to and fr.o
"longitudinally on a cylindrical armature and having no
|
"pole pieces projecting between its sections, is in one
"circuit, with only two free ends, in combination with a
"series of field magnets . "
If it is of no use to proteot the Edison Company's manu¬
facture, and no use for offensive litigation of what use is it?
So far as I can see, it is not of sufficient practical value for the
Edison Company to have anything to do with it .
Herewith I beg to return the letter of Mr. Elliott dated
September 1st,
General Counsel E.O.E.Co.
Gen. Co .
[ENCLOSURE]
Paterson, N. J., Sept. 1,1691.
Thomas A. Mis on, Esq.,
Laboratory, Orange, N. J.
Dear sir:--
-pjECEIVij^
SEP S ISM m
My attention has been called by a gentleman in New York
to the U. S. patent dated January 4,1881 No. 236.399 and issued to
Alfred G. Holcomb and is known as the to and fro winding and is the
Westing-4^ouse and Thompson - Houston alternator of to-day.
My informant also says that the Thomson - Houston Company
owns one-half interest in the same and that negotiations have been
commenced by them for the other half so as to have' sole ownership and
control, and are waiting the return of their lawyer, Mr. Pish, and
action will be taken in the course of a week or ten days.
This of course as you are aware I know nothing of, but it
does seem to me that if the invention is of any value or advantage
for you, to. secure.it.
I am satisfied that this one-half can be purchased at very
reasonable figures and I would be willing to turn the whole matter
over to you to be handled directly by you or hahdle the matter for you
[ENCLOSURE]
and under your instruction.
The party who has spoken to me about it is a Mr. Lewis Cf
Lilley of New York.
Kespectfully yours,
No Enc.
EBIS0N LaB0RAT©RY.
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^CEIV^
OCT 29 1891
You will shdrtly receive some samples of the Carpenter heating
apparatus, viz. a flat iron and a stew pan,, both built for a circuit of
110 volts. The pan should not be connected without, having water in it.
I should very m&ch appreciate your opinion as to1 the value of this
apparatus when you can find time to examine it, as the inventor of the
method is an old friend. when Mr Carpenter first brought his apparatus
to my notioe, it ooofirred to me that an electrical resistance built on
this plan would have°great advantages, — it would be1 fire and water
proof, and pratically indestructible when properly used. It would
also occupy but very little space, and be exceedingly cheap to manu¬
facture. iT ■ •
In an actual test I found that No 28 B.& s. German silver wire
would melt^rith a current of rfg amperes in the open air i
or trolvo minuton, but it would carry that current indefinitely when
covered by the Carpenter process, hence you can see how greatly space
can be economised, especially in the construction of resistances for
heavy currents, such as ohoking coils for street car motors, regulators
* . . —
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T.A.E. No 2. 28/10/91.
for theatre lighting etc. ■?
The Carpenter Cq. have quite a large sale for their heating
apparatus, and Mr Vi 1 lard has lately interested himself in their new
Car heater, but I am especially interested in the method as applied
to Electrical resistance, and should be very glad to get an opinion
VccZcol*
from you as to the probable 0f the Carpenter method in this con¬
nection.
The models which you will receive are not new, but have been in
practical use for some months.
, Yours very truly
WSA/HEJ.
1891. Electric Light - Edison General Electric Company -
Lamp Works - General (D-91-26)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the Lamp
Manufacturing Department of the Edison General Electric Co., formerly the
Edison Lamp Co. Many of the letters are by Francis R. Upton, general
manager, and pertain to the testing and improvement of lamps. Also included
are letters by Edison’s inspector, C. A. Brown, about production problems at
the lamp factory.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence regarding accounts, equipment, and orders; letters of
transmittal and acknowledgement; duplicate copies of selected material.
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HARRISON N.J.
March 10th, 1891.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orarge, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Deshler requests that ventilation he provided so
that the heat in the test room next summer be more endurable than
it was last summer.
|f we will pay for the expenses of putting a large school
house ventilator on the roof over the test room in the Laboratory,
will you allow the same to be done?
Yours truly, * . « ...
general Manager.
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I am in receipt* of Mr. Brown ' s reports of pump room
working,, ana have investigated several of the mat fa- s mentioned.
As regards large phosphorous cups, these will be put
upon the pumps as soon as we g :-t the tubing, to make them of. V/o
telegraphed some wee fes hack ana have eritton ropo tedl.y tc t}.e
Gorniu- Glass Works -for #a tubn . W bare h J cro small ship¬
ment, which has been used up , and are hoping:- for another in a few
das„. ■ : ;/ ,
As regards solt^rivg of lamps without' an extra tube,
1 do not' believe from precautions that .are now- being taken,;' that
this can occur, only in a very few instances.
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when lamps were ready for aSkfcwff' and that Mr. Brown; tried it an.
gave it up, after having arced three la ips in his trial. T bo-
lieve that 'the lamps have ‘burned us high as it is prudent t'o burn
them on the pumps and that the tube i solid for the Sana height
of burning.
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A. Edison, Esq., ^ °// £(.
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I enclose copy of 1 otter fro Mr. Coster of Denver, end
copy of letter fran the Denver Co., to Mr, Coster.
The Denver Co., need about between twenty and thirty
thousand lamps a year, and would buy of the Edison Co., if their
customers would use short • filament lamps.
Yours truly.
General manager .
Two enc.
[ENCLOSURE]
Denver, Colorado April 14-lRI'l,
Prom Coo. V/. Cos tor, Dist. Mgr.
To Lamp Works.
On the 2nd inst,, I wrotetho Denver Consolidated Elect rio
Co., asking why they were buying no more lamps from us and stating
that if they did not intend to p’urchnse onr lamps any more we
would feel ourselves at liberty to sell directly to their customers
Vie have received no orders from this Company during the past two
months and have simply been fillingo”ders placed with us before
that time. I am in receipt fronj them of the reply to my letter
of the 2nd, which I beg to enclose for your porsual. It will be
evident to you that out threat to sell lamps to their customers
amount to nothing air all, as the Colorado Company must furnish its
cixstomers with lamps, and if the customers would buy from us it
would be so much clear gain for the Consolidated Company.
I sent yon a letter a few days ago from the Payson Elec.
Co., and from time to time I called your attention to the loss in
the Lamp trade owing to the short Carbon Lamps." Vie had several
promises that the longer carbon low volt lamp was being made for
us. Vie have promised this change to our customers but nothing has
yet been done.
Unless something is done in this matter very soon we
shall lose all of our lamp trade.
Yours very truly, Reo. VI, Costs
[ENCLOSURE]
(COPY)
Mr, George \Y. Coster, District. Manager,
Edison General Electric Company,
Denver, Colo.
Apr, lHth,1891.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 2nd inst., at hand. V/e are buying all our
municipal lamps of your Company.
Referring to the fifty volt lam-s for our incandescent
work, we will state that the short filament lam; s you make have
not given satisfaction to our customers, and have heen returned
to ns in such quantities that we have had to cease using them.
If you can furnish us with a long filament lamp of the voltage.it
will give us great pleasure to make you our favored customer for
these lamps, provided of course terms are satisfactory, and the
result of the lamp was equal to others, which we believe is gener¬
ally the case in your lamp, as far as consumption of current goes.
Yours truly,
(signed) W.’Y.Brost,
Supt ,
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
HARRISON N.J.
May 1st ,1891.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq..,
Orruge.N.'JY
pear Sir:-
I am in rocoipt oi' Brown’s report, upon the inspection
of the pump room. Tho burning blue of the lamps when on the pump -,
does not, occur, only in a few instances. If we run slow enough
to entirely fetop it, it goes so much' into the rest, that it does
not semi best to do it. Some lanps will show this
while other do not show it.
So far as I can learn of. the use of too much ammonia
in cleaning the pumps, v/.e use the same amount as we always have,
but Mr. Brown has found by examining the traps which we are now
using to collect any thing which may get into the mercury, that
there is considerable .ammonia water on the surface of the mercury.
So far as we can find out, the use of a little ammonia is ne edful
oo make tho pumps work quick and in thoroughly good shape. A
very little ammonia lin each pump will amount to a teaspoonful in Lb
trap at the ond of tho day. .
As regards- Mr. Brown's examination as to not working tin.
pump in accordance with your directions, I beg to diff-r with him.
It was understood by me In the last . conversat ion I. had with you,
that wo should continue working the lamps on 160 volt lino, until
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. , #2.
they had determined at the Laboratory what benefit there was from
using 110 volt line.”
As regards testing lamps for spots, every lamp should be
looked after at, on the pumps by the man working it for spots and
mark with a -label as a resistance lamp. The spotted lamps are
so very low, that it is not worth while to make an inspection any
closer than this .. We have hau a groat many hasps examined for
spots in the Photaueter Room and do not find enough: to pay fd’ the
examination. In the course of our- business , we have never had
a- lanp returned to us as being' spotted and it is. not a matter, which
is in any way vital -to the business, if one lanp in a thousand has
q slight spot in it.
Yours truly
- General Manager.
ELECTRIC COMPANY
19 time past , 200 carbons have bee:
taken.
every box, out of each run received from if. & H. These have
of the 100 lamps. This selection is only made to .ins#i
trtial selection. .
room and there only in cutting out the lamp box. In one lot
-narked with two letters, the larqi box was cut out gradually. In.
the other case marked with two letters and on X added the lamp box
was all cut out at once. • ■
I have care fully looked into the running anu believe ths
the orders represent1, a fair experiment and that,- every point has
been guarded. This method of. comparison between lamps by
running daily, two orders of 100 carbons each and varying only
one point. 4n -the manu fa'cture , • seems 1 0‘ all o f us the bo st po ssibl
method . . - By i t , small.. o hanges .are el iminated- and' the, e xperimoit n
is carried on in the regular product of all departments, all work,
i don b gul i m one c whom know ; e tiling i > i
experiments, beyond carrying out simple directions.
I consider this experiments conclusive, as the results
are the average of tv.' enty eight orders of ten lanps each.
The slow run laitps taking the average of 14 orders, v/hich
are all to date. s-how a life :of 1386 hours.
The' 14 sets of quick run lanps, run sane days and out- of
same carbons as the 14 sets of slow run lamps, show an average,
life of 1496 hours.
I believe that there is no difference between slow and
quick running, except in the number of lanps that can be taken,
from a pump in a day.
This was the result obtained a year, ago when about 1300
lamps were run.
I am now running one aisle cutting out the lamp, box at
one time and will report to you the results .
I have examined in the question of using the low cur r on
i.e. .the HO volt line and as nearly -as I can learn, it is several
Yours tml;
-NERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Mr' Jackson informs me that yo.. stated the other day to
that when we ran a small number o flails, we niado good lamos
iLi*-
any laige numbers of lanps wore poor.
I b'B h° enclose two lists showing the number of carbon
f which the orders which had been put on test, were selected
You will note tliat t lie "selected" orders were taken
Largo numbers of carbons and that A F S' 'was taken, from 3600
Yours
[ENCLOSURE]
ORDER
A A S
A B 3
ACS
A D 3
A E S
HO. CARBONS.
4200
88P7
'• r.7R
8815
aoaa
A II S 1843
A I s 3505
A J S . 0700
A L S
A M S
A H S
A 0 S
A P S
A Q S
A 0 8
A V S
a v/ s
A X S
S403
18100
8533
5305
4587
7118
17 IS
lion
0057
3800
8804
1055
805S
QQ % BROKEN.
3500 ITRS.
5800
3500
3300
8300
0100
8500
5100
3500
3800
4000
4300
5000
8300
1000
8400
AYS
[ENCLOSURE]
NO. CARP OKS
ISO 7!')
0730
9097
R«,?0
8493
8704
00# RROTOi
SO 00 HRS,
P.500
2400
3500
400
3300
800
1700
900
4310
DEPARTMENT
I'.A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, N.J.
Dm- Sir:-
Since
rpcin which were n
that possibly the broaka.ro
May, I5th, 1891
v '?/*/
ting you regarding the orders in the pump
low and run quick. . It occurred to we
3i o>:i some different rosuits bet¬
ween the two orders when the orders wore sj mmed rp. I therefore
asked Mr. Jackson to investigate the breakage in both of those
o* tiers, aid report to me.
I enclose (copy of his report. This is iinp^pbetod^by
ine as I anticipated that the “X" order would show the larger
[ENCLOSURE]
l,f. Upton:
According to the delivery slips ofrom glass room and
pump room, there wore 177 lamps broken in the "regular" lettered
orders j o to j u, inclusive, while there were 169 lamps broken
in t)ie corresponding "x" orders. Breakage nearly 6 % greater in
the regular" orders than in the "x" orders.
May
If) th, 1891.
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EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
HARRISON N.J.
Ed son Laboratory,
Orange, N.J
Aug. 5th, 1891
Gent lemon
I received this morning by messenger , a new glass'
blowing machine which we will put to practical trial. I have
ordered another machine to be s ent to the' Laboratory to replace
the one s ent here. The mess enger s ta ted that there las been
a thouj and inside parts and a number of^ bulbs ordered. We ha vs
no such order on our files, and have sent the inside parts '
and bulbs upon a memorandum amd will want an order to cover the
same.
Yotm? t, riil ir
[ENCLOSURE]
/in
Hmrison, JV. J., _ LLu^a1!~.18 1
rmSeifTlMP' Ct>.,
• 'f- . d....:. . jS.
THE FOLLOWING LAMPS:
/ 0 0 0 - JisyxJAsokj AyaA/h
/oo JOdLivaJ^ &
d~0 0 * 2. -
Charging same to..
y&>\.prs'
• EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Thomas A, Edison, Esq.,
Orange,
Dear Sir:-
N.J.
Aug. nth, 1891.
We are sending you by this morning's express a sample
of air regular bulbs which have turned blue for- some reason, which
neither the #Lass Works nor ourselves can explain.
Please advise, us, if
discoloration is.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
Aug. 29th, 1891
From General f/amgar,
Tfl Edison, Esq., Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed I leg to hand you a oopy of letter received
ft* the Central District Mamgsr. and also oopy of a letter he
received fro. the fort »ayne Elec. Co. i„ relation to lo^ fitoent
low volt lamps.
-pjlCEiy^^
[ENCLOSURE]
August 80*11,3.893.
Prom Central Dint riot Manager,
To General Manager, Damp Works.
With further referonoe to correspondence between the
Port Wayno Bleotrio Company and the Canadian District, I bog to
attaoh herewith oopy of a letter received thiosvjp^ning; from the
main office of the Port Wayne Company, by which we understand that
the lamp which has been giving satisfaction is the 8.0 Watt lamp.
They do not desire, however, that the recent large orders which wo
forwarded to your Works, raarkod: "to be filled with a long fila-
mnnt lemp" should bo filled with the 3.G Watt. They are to he
held until such time as wo have developed and perfected the stand¬
ard long carbon lamp for SO volts.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) John I. Boggs,
73.H.
District Manager,
[ENCLOSURE]
Edison General Elect rio Co.,
173 Adams St;,
Ohioag6, Ill.
Gentlemen: -
"COPY"
Port Wayne, Ind. ,
Aug. 24th, 18G1.
Referring to your letter of August 10th stating that you
had received our letter to your Canadian District Manager, dated
August 7th, we bog to cay that Mr. Pitch reforred to the latest
stylo lamp that, you are mailing, and simply referred to them as
long filament lamps because" they were an improvement over the short
filament lamps that we have received heretofore. We have no record
of having received any lamps designated as "long filament" Tho
lamps you have lately been sending us give better satisfaction and
are the ones Mr. Pitch referred to in hia letter of the 7th.
You’-e truly,
(Signed) Port Wayne Electric Co.,
C. C. Miller.
1891. Electric Light - Foreign (D-91-28)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the electric light business
in foreign countries. Most of the letters are by Sherburne B. Eaton, Edison’s
personal attorney and general counsel to the Edison Electric Light Co. Much
of the correspondence pertains to the assignment of patents to the Brush
Electrical Engineering Co., the Compagnie Continental Edison, and the
Edison & Swan United Electric Light Co., Ltd. Also included are letters
regarding the discontinuance of various electric light patents.
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine business
correspondence relating to dynamos and other matters; letters of
acknowledgement; duplicate copies of selected items.
societe Anonym
Internationale D,E
Paris' 1881 *%,;
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: ’^01212 SZIR •• .
Qy‘Jc)//iifi idtra lions: S, S$u/y (3fut'ma>l.&n/,,d/ Slafaiil.
QsitclicnS.-
- — -lS-February-91 —
J'A?- 9f? et*-d^C- 76 ! Iff/ \
Thomas Alya Edison Esq.
Orange |New Jersey |
X,
Dear' Sir, ' ' : ‘
We beg herewith to bring the following facts
to your notice t .
In the month of ’January 1890, we resolved to
stop the introduction into France of Edison lamps of
foreign making. Consequently we ordered lamps to be
seized at a certain number of people & we prosecuted ’
either as infringer or ‘as holder of infringed objects :
The Compagnie Popp
Mes's. Siemens * Halske
The Allgemeine Elektrioitaets Gesellsohaft . of
Berlin, in the person of Mr.' Rathenau, the manager of
said Company ;
The Compagnie Internationale d’Eleotricite.in
the person of Mr. Lepine.the Manager of -said Company.
Mr. Ullmann and several others, such as 'the
"Hotel Moderns", the Cafd Amerieain" ,the Cafe Durand", the "Theatre
des Variates". The Compagnie Popp declared itself ready , to
come to terms, accepting the validity of the Edison patents A made
an agreement with the following conditions :The said Cie. Popp to
buy exclusively their lamps from us A we on the other hand abstain¬
ing ourselves from continuing the litigation against the Cie. Popp
itself and against its clients :The "Theatre deB Varieties" the
"Cafe Durand A. the. "Cafe Amdrtpain" .
As for the other defendants , the same advo¬
cate was intrusted with the defence of Mess. Siemens et Halske,
the Allgemeine Electricitaets Gesellsahaft A Mr. Ullmann.
In the name of Mess. Siemens A Halske A the
Allgemeine Elektricitaets Gesellschaft.he argued A , the Court,
delivered a' Judgment in accord with him on this point., that . the : .
proof of the facts as brought up by us before the said Court, were
not preoise enough to show that the said two houses .had taken part
in the aet of introducing into Prance Edison lamps manufactured in
•.Germany A that therefore there was no cause . Tor us to. continue the
litigation against them.
On the other hand, the, complaints against Mr.
Jacques Ullmann A the Cie. Internationale d'Electrioit^ .were
maintained before Court, but the Jufgment delivered,by the 9 th.
. Chamber of the Court of the Seine department | 9 eme Chambre du
Tribunal de la Seine) dated 7 th. February last, aeoepted the
proposition of Mr. Jacques ullmann, offering to prove by means of
witnesses that the Compagnie Contihentale Edison, at that period
proprietor of the Edison patents, had introduced into France from
1882 to 1887, for the wants * requirements of its trade, lamps
manufactured in America.
The Court decided that on the 9 th. of May next
the witnesses summoned as proposed by Mr. J. Ullmann, to prove the
reality of his assertions, would be heard', and among the said witnessed
Ullmann has named MM. Th. A. Edison, Insull, Upton, Dyer, eto.
In pleading the advocate of Mr. Ullmann making
this statement 4fe the offer to prove it, * offering to bring the
. necessary Witnesses to the bar, made the following commentary :
Mr. gdison,he said, had communicated himself to
Mr. ttathenau , the manager of the Allgemeine Elektrioitaets Gesells-
chaft,a certain number of documents, amongst which was a list of
the -lamps- the Cie; Oontinentale Edison was said to have imported
from America into France since 1882.
The next day, he said, Mr. Edison remembered
that he and his friends were holders of foundershares of' the' Cie.
Coptinentale Edison, 4: that the list thus imprudently comnunicated
could, if found,oorrect, be a cause of nullity for the french
patents & thus prejudice tpe interests of the Company possessing the
said patents , & those interested in the concern in question.
Mr. Edison, he added, asked that the compromising document shoulji*'
without delay.be returned to him * Mr. Rathenau.is said to have
returned it to him accordingly.
However, according to the advocate of Mr.
Ullmann, this list exists, has been communicated to Mr. Rathenau
& been seen by several people in his hands, and if Mr. Edison and
hi s^ friends, he said, were called upon by Court to give evidence
on this point, they would he unable not to admit the fact of these
importations into France, of Edison lamps manufactured in the United
■States. u
We wanted to keep you posted on these statements
of our adversaries, though we are certain on our side that if ever
Mr*. Edison had been in business connection with Mr. Rathenau, he
never could have comnunicated a list of supposed importations,
wh44h never were made. Perhaps Mr.' Rathenau made a confusion,
considering as importations into France, the goods you sent off at
our request to Danemark, to Russia, Italy and Spain, perhaps even
expeditions made into French ports, but in »bond» only,* with
reexpedition to foreign countries,
. • . ... . Tt seemed to us that there is a great interest
to caution you against the traps that could be laid in this matter
and also to make you well aware of the consequences of that lawsuit
which we are certain will turn to the full confusion of the
infringers.
• ' ■ •: .■'■ • •• : - ■• •• • ; ...WMPAGNIE.CpNTINOW[rf^lSOi)l
Yours very
^TONji LEWIS
S. B. EATON
! <a
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9/
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir:
Re Assignment of Edison English Electric light
patents to The Edison & Swan United Electric ligtt Company,
Limited.
I beg to submit the following:
(X) S. Flood page, Secretary and Manager of the said Edi¬
son & swan Company wrote to Mr. Insull frcrn London under date
of February IS, IS9I, enclosing an assignment to be executed
by you, of fourteen certain Edison' English patents to the
said Company, and enclosing also a checque for /2IO.I3.6, date
October 7,1890, and drawn to your order, to pay you as per
Prior agreement (plus the agreed value of certain dynamos 1890)
for your expenses for experiments and for taking out these
particular patents, as per Sec. 9 of the agreement of Febru¬
ary IS, IS82(known as the Bouverie agreement), between you and
certain other parties interested in the English patents.
(2) The said assignment which Major Page sends you recite#
the history of thetitle of the pc- esent Edison and Swan Com-
I
pany to the said fourteen parents, but recites it imperfectly.
The recital begins with the Bouverie agreement, and ends by
stating that the present Edison * swan Company has succeeded
to the rights of the original Edison English Company as set
forth in that agreement, it omits one connecting ilnk, vl2.
to refer to and to recite the agreement whereby the old Edison
English Company conveyed its rights to your- patents to the
said Edison & swan Company. This omission is of course not
vital. The pith of the whole thing is whether in fact the
new company has acquired title to these patents from the old
Company. shall I assume that this is so? jf you say that
I shall, an right. But if you do not say so, please have
Mr. Tate send me the contract, if you have it, whereby the
Edison & swan Company acquired your patents and invention
from the original Edison Electric Light Company, Limited, of
London.
(3) This said new assignment sent. by Major page, further
more contains a provisionf see top of third page, that you
shall assign your future inventions, as to lighting, heating
and motive agent, to the said Edison & Swan Company. T*is
means that you shall assign all future inventions which you ,„S
may at an, time make. I find that in the said Bouveri e agree
-2-
ment you agreed to do this, so far as the original Edison
English Company was concerned. section nine of that agree¬
ment recites that without further payment, they shall have
yo:ir future inventions. if the Edison & Swan Company has in
deed acquired the rights of the old Edison Company , this pro¬
vision in this new assignment is all right.
(4) This new page assignment further provides that you
shall be paid all expenses leading up to new improvements.
ptim
Section nine of the Bouverie Agreement^ hat you should be paid
sucli expenses, "with 100 per cent, added" without reference to
the amount of any compensation which you may be entitled to
receive from other persons. Your expenses and fees in taking
out and getting up patents were also to be paid back to you.
I think that this 100 per cent, provision ought to be inserted
in this Page assignment, rear the middle of the third page
thereof, unless indeed you have somewhere waived that, which
I do not think is the case.
(5) Section fifteen of the said Bouverie agreement pro¬
vided that when you assigned any patents, free and exclusive
licenses should be immediately given you to use all or any
of the same for railways or tramways or on common roads and
for all other purposes except lighting, heating and as a mo¬
tive agent. It seems to me that Major Page ought to have
sent the licenses of this kind for you to execute and approve
of, when he sent this proposed assignment. I advise you to
insist on having the two things proceed abreast of each other
You were obligpdto assign the patents. They are obliged to
grant the licenses. Let the foims fo r all these things be
prepared and submitted at the sametime. True the said sec¬
tion 15 says that "immediately after the assignment" licenses
shall be given you. Notwithstanding that, I advise you to
insist that the forms with proper phraseology be all prepared
at the sametime for both documents.
(6) To sum up, please instruct me as follows:
(a) Shall I assume that the Edison Swan Com¬
pany has complete title to your patents which you agreed to
turn over under the Bouverie Agreement?
(b) If not, have you a copy of the agreement
between the old Edison English Company and the Edison Swan
Company, so that I can see just what title the new Company
got?
(c) Shall you insist that the 100 per cent,
extra compensation for experiments must be recited in this
assignment inasmuch as they bring in that subject somewhat
unnecessarily and seem to take particular pains to omit this
item?
(d) Shall you request that licenses for rail¬
ways &c. be prepared by the Edisnon & Swan Company and be
approved by you , in advance of your executing this assignment
in order that you may be satisfied with the phraseology be-
foro you pass title to the pat aits?
Sha11 1 assume without examining the
English patents that the recital of them which appears in the
schedule of Major Pagei assignment is correct?
(f) Referring to Major Page's letter of Peb.
13, 1891, to l,,. „ . „„ th,t ,he Jimbo
was settled as therein stated?
(3) In ,io. of „r. XnBulI'a m„.„ t „„„ ^ p>_
P.- t. yon for y.ur In.r.otfon,, 8lthoneh , sussMt that
““I a°tion be Postponed until We see whether »
see whether he can give the
■natter attontion „lthout too „„„ May.
Please return all of the
osed documents sent here-
vath, without delay.
Awaiting the tavor of your early reply, j ranaijty
Very tiuly yoUrs,
Enclosures. Copy letter of Ma1o„ „ ^
May I0> IS87 „ J '*** t0 ™««n, fct.d
to, IS87. Copy „
1 toMaJor Page> dated
August 28, I89o» Chocque of Edison & Swan United Electric
Light Company, Limited, for<^2I0.I3.6 in favor of T.A.Edison,
dated Oct. 7, 189^ ; Letter of Major Page to Mr. Insull,
dated Feb. 13, 1891.; Proposed Assignment of patents by
Thomas A. Edison to Edison and Swan United Electric Light Com
pany, Limited enclosed in Major Page's letter of Feb. 13, •
1881.
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VoJL<*j<
•djis#
T ^ V ^
New York City, March 14, 1891,
f,_ ^^Jear Mr. Edison:
:'i§§r' Re Italian Company Railway Business. On general princi-
it 'may be well for you to file this letter away among your
papers. \ - While it does not directly concern you personally, still
it,. affects your interests.
Very truly yours,
[ENCLOSURE]
letter fro* Milan to the a aid Continental Comply, dated
February 13, ifioi .
(3) Mr. Tata stated in his anid letter of
December Slot, that no intelligent action Battld bo taxon horn
on the Complaint of the Italian Company unless no had copies
of the contracts between that Company and the said Continen¬
tal Company. ?,e, therefore, ashed in his letter for those
copies, to*8tner with a statement to be prepared by ti,e' Ital¬
ian Company of what the. consider their lef-a rights to bo
in this matter. That request has not boon complied with.
',0 hSV° r°°clv2d> 80 fnr aB T know and as the correspondence
snows, no copies of the contracts and no statement of sup¬
posed local nijhte. The Milan letter of February to
tne continental Company stated that they enclosed therein an
extract from their contract, which, the* stty> was ln ?roncil
and not in Italian, and tuo said letter then itoos on to use
these words "You ean procure the other documents yourselves
to send to America*. APi srontly the Continental Company did
not send you the extract which the Milan Company sent to it.
Nor has it sent to you copies of the da si ra cl contracts.
... f4> Til® Milan letter of Feb. I3tu, states
utfpat "indemnity* the Italian Company wants for the invasion
[ENCLOSURE]
of ‘itsu-ighto which formed the basin of original complaint.
' ilhoy aoJ: to .,a paid ten per centum on the Edison materials
which have beer, delivered, «lsd tncy demand that in f.ture. a:
til0 ClSiivCl*iSs and elsewhere, be made tnro«,h
their mediation; and as to the Florence dynamos complained oJ
that a piste be affixed to thorn bearing tno nemo of the Ital-
ian Company. it seems to me there is nothin, unr oasonable
in this demand, provided the exist to, contracts entitle the
Italian Company to make it. hut how can we tell that until wo
sec those contracts? Yue Continental Company has acted
strangely in that U has paid no attention to Mr. Tato’s
ro.juest for copies of contracts and statement of i<.~si posi¬
tion. Wo ourht to have those contracts not only to refer to
in this particular matter, but also to refer to in fixture, an,
I hope you will make this event the occasion to secure copies
from either Paris or Milan.
(3) My advise is that you have tho Edison
Bloat rio Mont Company of Europe, Limited, write another let¬
ter to the P ronch Company, somewhat as follows:
M, Louia Rau,
Administrateur Lslogue,
Cio Continontalo Edison,
. J3oa„ rJ 8 Ht,° Cauraartin, Paris, P-«nce.
Wo bog to acknowledge tho receipt of your
[ENCLOSURE]
esteemed favor of the Tilth alt. , enclosing s copy of a
letter to you dated mo 1 3th til*, r.-oxi the Soelota
Gen oral o Italians do Klottrita, hisnonoo Edison at ?-<ilen.
Those lo tiers are in reply to o-r letter to you on Hcccm-
bor 31, 1800.
Eoforc vro can sot intelligently on th-i olaim
of the Mila n Company, it is iivportant tuat wo should
have exact copies of all existing agreements ami statu
tes of every Kind v/noreby the Italian Company has aeqei-
rod any rights ns to Hr. Edison's inventions and patents.
V.’o would also li.ee a statement from tiio Italian Coraoanv
of whs t they eorjsidar t.ioir lefjsi rights this matter
to be. Wo took pains to ask far these things !•> our
letter of nooombar 31st, T!J90, but to our surprise you
paid no attention '.mat over to our request. Tt appears
from letter of Feb. I3th, from tiio Milan corns any to you
tuat they tout you an extract from tneir contract, but
you have not oven sont tuat to us.
Pardon us for repeating the request made in ou"
previous letter of Do comber 31 st, for. copies of the con¬
tracts &o. If you will kindly send us those copies, and
tell us whether they are copies of all t.:o contracts and
statutes, and if you will also procure for us from the
iiilan company tns statement of txtoir- legal oosition which
we asked for, we shall take pleasure in /sing our best,
endeavors to have this matter settled with as little de¬
lay as possible to the entire satisfaction of t.-io Ital¬
ian Company.
Will y o-i also kindly tell us whether tin Rooia-
ta Oeners.'e Italians nan parted with its territorial
rinhts at Florence to any otner corporation or person
and if so, please /rive us the name of tne local Florence
Company.
*’* ro-tret that your failure to comply with the
request contained in our lettor nooassarily causes a
further delay in finally di epos ng of this met tar, and
v/c bar: of you to send a copy of this letter to iiilan, in
order that the Italian Company may Know that the delay
is caused by no fault of ours.
Hopin'* that our request will this time at least
receive conci deration, wo remain,
Vory truly yours,
Edison Electric Light Company of Europo,T,td. ,
Gwtoral Counnol,
EATON & LEWIS
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' - March 88,-189 j
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir:
Re c°l°nial Patents and Proposed Assignment t
Brush Company, at London. Referring to tho letter of Messrs
r W*nterbothaW & Rarrison, to you, dated the 4th inst.,
and to the voluminous documents connected therewith,
ten proposed assignments of patei
torpey relating to the following
Africa, India and Ceylon, I beg :
. the same be ing
- and ten proposed' Powers of At-
untries, viz: Australasia, South
(1) The said letter of Messrs W.W. & H. con-
tains these words: "The deeds have been settled by Counsel in
"this Country who advises that you may safely and properly execute
"them, and tncy do not impose any further liability in respect of
"the patents upon you. All expenses in regard to them will be
"paid by the Brush Company". Shall I assume that you are honestly
and intelligently advised as above set forth? Or, do you prefer
that I should make a thorough examination of this whole matter
just as if you were dealing with an enemy?
(2) Shall I assume that all of the patents whih
are included in these proposed deeds of assignment are such as are
properly assignable by you? If you wish me to verify this matter
from tne bottom I must send for copies of the patents, which would
be an expensive and tedious matter.
(3) Have you any charges or expenses to collect
from the Brush Company, as above provided for? I went to some
expense in November, 1889, in connection with your previous assign
ment to the Australasian Company. It would be well for me to in¬
clude that item, together with my expense in this matter in the
letter ultimately to be written by you to the said firm of W.W .&H.
Have you any expenses which also to be included? I discuss this
matter further in the next paragraph.
(4) Under your contract you are entitled to be
repaid all your expenses in connection with taking out patents af-
ter June 12, 1882. jn yo r prior assignment of November IS89 t
iat9ffPr\ahSianTC°n,Pany> n° Patents wers inoludad which ’are ot
later date than June 12, 1882, but in tnese proposed deeds of.
ass gnment now before us, there are several patents of later date
an y ° ol a i m° f o r San y xp on s e r ^ S,! -r - - - ^ S * * • ” *<> ^
any expenses in connection therewith, please li
It seems to me that under your contract you lu
lake such claim, unless indeed you have already 1
patents uJ5] ReferrinS to the aforesaid additional
that fhey are equitably the^r^iert J^f !our Assignees! viz- he'
pSloa“LT»“d0nr^,PS“M ,n91’ *“ «" »«-
recite that +h„ o ^6) Tllese 1Jr°P°sed new deeds of assignment
teeite that the assignments are made subject to your right to re-
UlY ex«-Lusive licenses under the said patents for Electric Rail-
cen «« 4 here are tW0 courses °Pen t0 you in that regard: You
railways^her eaft e*611? r n0W^and £ii£? Set your licenses for electric
fyf. .fft ’ if you can> when You need them; or, you can
insist that these licenses shall be now prepared and executed sim
p1 paioeouslpyi:ith yr assig“8> ai~«t tL oxpirsfi
people. Please give me your specific instructions in this regard. '
is pro ner fnr * Referring to Sec. (I) of this letter, it
complicated trra«°+Say T the examinati°n of this somewhat
complicated transaction and chain of title from the bottom down
' present time, would be a difficult task. It can be done
of the ’ l y°U are n0t entirely datisfied to act on the advice
London I::.0”'1 rSf™ 8ald ^ter from the
, , . Upon hearing from you in reply to the questii
sked above I shall give this my prompt attention! and remain!
Very truly yours,
..njAuintifralions.- <?, Sffatyiaa,
SiiclicrJ.- as
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EATON & LEWIS
44 .(74/va EDISON SUILOING;
T. A. Edison, Esq,,
Dear Sir!-
sMctcr&o-sdy^
—ila.y_.20th-.-, -1891.
Se Assignment Of Colonial Patents to the Brush
Electrical Engineering Company, London, You will probably rsnan-
ber, that semetime ago, you received from Messrs. Waterhouse,
Winterbotham & Harrison, Solicitors, of London, a batch of pro¬
posed assignments of Colonial patents to the Brush EJs otrical
Engineering Co., who have bought out the Australasian Co. .togeth¬
er with a number of powers of attorney relating to suoh assign¬
ments. These you submitted to me for examination and opinion.
I found that the. .or iginal contractmade between yourself
and the Edison Indian and Colonial Light Company, provided, that
whenever you assigned any patents, youi were to receive an exclu¬
sive license for the use of .such patents for railway purposes.
As there were other questions also requiring further iififormation
as to these assignments, i wrote a long letter to the solicitors
above named, asking for such information, and also to find what
guaranty we could expect, of your receiving the license contemplat¬
ed, in case you had executed the proposed assignments to the
Brush Co.
I have received the information desired frcm the Lon¬
don solicitors , together with a copy of the lioense which was
issued to Messrs. Eabbri and Lowrey, by the Ediscn Electric Light
Company, Limited, of London, on Nov. 15th,, 1883. It is propos¬
ed to issue to you a similar farm of license under tne Colonial
patents, after you have made the assignments to the BruBh Co. now
proposed. The said copy is sent us merely to show the form.
The London solicitors . sthte that if the form of lioenBe
meets with your approval, they would have it approved by the Brush
Company's solicitors, and hand to them the assignments of patents
and powers of attorney upon the Brush Company’s undertaking to
execute the license in the form approved. This, in ray opinion,
would be a satisfactory arranganent, if the license is approved by
you.
The form of lioense appears to me to be a proper one, ..
such as is contemplated by your contract with the Edison Colonial
Co., and there is only one provision to which I desire to call
your attention. This is the provision commencing on the 5th.
line fron the botgam of page 4, and ending at the pencil marks
on line 6 of page 5. It is however, for you to judge as to wheth¬
er this is sufficiently objectionable to demand modification.
I case you approve of this form of license, I see no
objection to your executing the ten assignments and ten powers of
attorney which are enclosed herewith, and of which a list is giv¬
en in Exhibit A,, hereto annexed.
If, therefore, you approve of the form of license, will
you kindly execute the assignments and powers of attorney in the
presence of a witness, who should sign his name. Each one should
Mr. Randolph, for instanoe
also be acknowledged before a Notary Public, A who will write the
usual farm of acknowledgement and add his seal thereto. Upon
their return tome, I will have them verified by the British Con¬
sul ard forward them to the Brush Company upon the understanding
given you above ,
The London Solicitors have stated in their letters tifit
they desire to ha ve a memorandun of any expense which you have
been put to in <d nnection with this or the former assignment of
these same patents to the Australasian Co. in 1889. Will you kind
ly, therefore, have a bill made of any charges which you may have
been put to in connection with these two assignments. I will
make up a bill ib r my work and disbursements, hoth in connection
with these present assignments, as well as that made in 1889, and
will send such bill to the London Solicitors when I forward the as¬
signments, first getting your approval.
[ENCLOSURE]
iXHIBIT A.
LIST OP ASSIGNMENTS AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY SENT .HEREWITH.
Assignment of New Zealand Letters of Registration. X
* • New South Wales " X «
" " Patents for Natal. X
' — * " Queensland A • »
— " " Victoria Letters Patent. x
"* * " South Australia Letters Patent. x
* " Indian Patents. X,
' " " Western Australia Letters Patent X.
" " Tasmania /v " "
— " " Cape of Good Hope Patents. A
Power of Attorney, South Australia X
* ■ Tasmania. X
' " " Victoria. X.
' " " New Zealand. X
New South Wales.
Western Australia. X
India, X
Cape of Good Hope. X
Queensland. X
Natal. X
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44- sc^fEo
*/kear&cn&_ May._20.th.,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
'v'fcty
Ro Assignment of English Patents to Edison
& Swan Company. You will undoubtedly remember that seme little
time ago , the Edison and Swan United Electric .light Company, lim¬
ited, londan, sent to you a proposed assignment of English pat¬
ents to the above Company, for execution. You sent the same to
me for an examination and an opinion. I found on examining the
Bouverie agreement of Peb. 18th., 1882, under which this assignment
by you was requested, you were entitled to a full aid exclusive
license for use of these patents for railway purposes. After
submitting the matter to you, I requested the Edison aid Swan Co. '
to submit a form of license for railway uses which they proposed
to exeoute to you upon ycur executing the proposed, assignment
of patents to them,
I have received this form of .license, and beg to hand
the same to you herewith. I have examined it aid it seems to me
it is a satisfactory form of such a license as was contemplated
by the Bouverie agreement. I desire, however, to call your at-
tent ion to one provision therein, namely, that at the bottom of
page 3 beginning "provided always" and ending with the words "onm-
mom roads" on the 4th. line of the 4th, page. It is a question for
you to decide whether this is sufficiently objectionable to strike
out or ask far modifications.
You made an assignment! .of a number of patents, under the
Bouverie agreement, on Nov. 15th., 1883, and et that time a
license similar to that which is new preposed, was executed for
the use of these patents for railway purposes. This laBt named
license, was, however, made to Messrs. Fabbri and Lowrey, who were
at that time . nominated by you as the parties to whom such li¬
cense should issue. The present form of license iB made in your
favor. I do not see any objection to this, unless you do, as
you could at any time sublicense any other parties, whenever it
might seem desirable or necessary,
I do not see, therefore, that there i3 any objection
now to your executing ' the assignment of patents to the Ediscn
and Swan Co., as they have undertate/n in writing to execute a li¬
cense in the form enclosed, immediately upon the receipt fron us
of the assignment above referred to,
I therefore, enclose the assignment for your execution.
It should be signed by you and witnessed, and should then be ac¬
knowledged before a Notary Public in the usual manner, I will
then have it certified by the British Consul, upon receiving the
document frcto you, executed in themamer above named.
Enc losures : -l.Porm of supplemental license, Edison and Swan Co.
to T. A. Edis ai ; 2, Assignment of patents, T. A. Edison to Edisai
and Swan United Electric Light Company, Limited.
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17,-1-891 .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Pear Sir:
yV9/
Re Assignment by Edison and Swan n0. to Thomas A.
Edison, of Railway Rights. Referring to the enclosed document
received from lofldon and to your lead pencil mem. you are in error
as to the period. The language of the document is quoted ver¬
batim from the Bouverie Agreement, see Section 9, bottom of page
3 and top of page 4, of the enclosed copy of the said Bouverie
Agreement ,
Referring to the assignment of new patents from you
to the said Edison and Swan Co., executed by you on Monday, the
Phraseology of that docent is also precisely the same as the above.
It is not necessary for you to sign the enclosed li¬
cense. The other party alone signs it. I send you back the docu¬
ment merely that you may refresh your memory as to the period, durifcj,
which you turn over your inventions.
Please return both of the enclosed documents.
Very tiuly yours,
Iii{'ht Co. o:
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l.
Referring once more to the matter of the assignment by you
of Colonial Light Patentsto the Brush Electrical Engineering Com¬
pany, London, you will probably remember that these assignments '
were executed by you a few weeks ago and forwarded by me to the
London Solicitors1,
You will probably also remember that the question came up,
prior to your execution of the assignments, as to the licenses back
to you for the use of the patents in connection with electric rail¬
ways and that 1 obtained a form of such a license as was proposed,
which was submitted to you and approved1.
To saye time, the London Solicitors submitted, as the form
of license proposed by them?a form similar to that which had been
gAven to you in 1883 by the Edison Electric Light Company, Limited,
{of London). it seems that your fundamental agreement with the
London Edison Company was more liberal in its provisions for the
license to you than the fundamental agreement made by you with the
Colonial Company, as you will see by the following comparison:
Colonial Agreement. j
"The Company will immediately t
after assignment x x x . t
grant to the said Thomas Alva Ed-j
ison x x x full and exelu—j
siva license to use all or any ofj
the said patents or exclusive :
privileges respectively for the t
purpose of locomotion only on t
railways, tramways or common [
roads x x x ;
English Company Agreement
"The Company will immediately
after the assignment x x x
grant to the said Thomas Av Ed¬
ison x x x full and exclu¬
sive licenses- to use all or any
of the said patents or any im¬
provements thereof for the pur¬
pose of locomotion only on rail¬
ways or tramways or on common
roads, and for all other pur¬
poses except the application- of
eleotricity or magnetism as a
lighting or heating agent or as
a motive agent otherwise than
for the purpose of such locomo¬
tion a3 above expressly Bpeci-
fled."
I have just received a letter from the London Solicitors
stating that the Brush Company’s Attorneys have stricken out from
the form of license to you the words which I have underlined above .
Inasmuch as your fundamental agreement with the Colonial Company
does not oonta.in these words, I do not see how we can insist upon-,
a. HU.
their remaining^license1, if it grants to you exclusive use of the
patents for railways1;-
I beg to submit this matter, howe.ver, to you for your de¬
cision*
Very truly yours.
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
y/tflcct, - (Manac?yj$'_ July-^1891.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
M. J. & Penn' a. Concentratinc Works ,
Ogdens burgh, N. J.
Dear Mr. Edison, -
I enclose herewith a letter tinder date 18th
June, 1891, received from Major S. Flood Page, in regard to certain
Patents which his Company desires to let lapse. Attached to Mr.
Page's letter is one fran Dyer & Seely on the same subject. You
will notice that the fee on patent Mo. 3231 of 1881, must be paid-
on the 23rd of this month, and if you wish the patent maintained,
it will bo no ce 33 ary for us to instruct the English Company to
that effect without delay. Please advise me of your wishes in
the matter
QP,
Oo<:®^ •S- W - IBth -June-1891—
,r. j.u.tJi.-Juno_i891 _
New YorKr—""^ ““““ -
Dear sir%
In accordance with the agreement cade between the
reh: cow’ and y°— - *■«
month 6 ® y°U n0t 1688 than th™e Calendar
nth* notice of our intention to permit and suffer any of
the patents which you assigned to the Edison Blectric Ti^ht
Company to lapse or become void. *
After (Careful conaideratiom-.werhave come to th«
lZl?tTll oT mi0Wlr,g P8tent8 are n0t «"• « - not"'
ly to be of any- value to this Company.
*■«»„« No. 3231 of 188l
3804 of 1881 ..
pr„iM L tT ” 40 s1'" "» «» no,!.. 7
p.r.l “la *E"",8nt °f not to
Pay the renewal fees on such patents.
P«‘-t No. 3231 of ua
,b” r*la> °r *U1 “"P »n J»3y 23rd „.,t, I to
months „*!*?* ^ s°OIUm“ *« *«»•>• th. thro.
30 ”ot - - — » « «»-
or th, . / “*4 haM1^ “y th“' lf *" onr reaeon ,1,,.
or think it advisable to retail +v,„+ ' * m
oxe to retain that one patent we ahoujfi be
[ENCLOSURE]
T. A. Edison Esq.
.mins, although ahoolo pr.f.r to ,l„ „ up,
z.'z.'ziz.zz: -
t rL~ “r~
8 n0t llkely t0 be value hereafter.
I am, Dear sir,
Yours faithfully.
Secretary £ Manager.'
Dear Mr. Edison,-
-he following cablegram, has boon received from
Major S. Plood Pages, of London, EnglahdJ-
"-° Edison, New York. London, July 9, 1891
Do you know anything of alloy substitute for
platinum, said to have been invented by Pessenden,
New Jersey? If valuable, can you sectire refusal
for England for us? PLOODPAGE.”
Ogdensburgh, N. J.
J-i- L
Dear Mr. Edison,
I congratulate you very much on your success in yoyr Lamp Patent
Case. I sent off my cabls congratulating you before I knew of the
arrival of your cablegram. I am indeed very glad.
I felt nearly certain that you would win and I have expressed
that opinion over and over again. I trust that you will also win
on appeal.
Prom what Mr. Upton said to rae/I gather that the thorough manner
in which the case was fought out in England did exercise some in¬
fluence in your favour in the States.
Although in the ordinary course your report will go, I send you
a copy of the report which we have just issued.
Again congratulating you most cordially and heartily,
I remain,
Yours very truly,
T.A. Edison Esq.,
• -Orange,
New Jersey,
U.S.A.
[ENCLOSURE (PHOTOCOPY). ORIGINAL IS IN PRIMARY PRINTED COLLECTION.]
8_
91
THE EDISON & SIAN UNITED ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY,
LI 31 1 TED.
DIRECTORS.
JAMES STAATS FORBES, Esquire, Chairman.
FREDERICK RICHARDS LEYLAND, Esquire, Deputy Chairman.
THE VISCOUNT ANSON.
SHELFORD BIDWELL, Esquire, F.R.S.
ERNEST VILLIERS, Esquire.
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT.
’• The Directors have the pleasure of presenting to the Shareholders
their Report, and the Accounts for the year ending 30th June, 1891.
a. The business of the Company has resulted in a credit balance of
.£73,905 4s. 7d., out of which the Directors have appropriated the sum
of £3,4*5 14s. Sd. to meet loss on realisation of dynamo account, taken
over at the amalgamation; and £13,371 14s. yd. has been absorbed by
the payment of an interim dividend on the A Shares, at the rate of
7 per cent per annum, for the first six months of the year. The Directors
recommend the payment of the following dividends on the A Shares, free
of income tax, and to be distributed in accordance with Clause 87 of the
Ankles of Association ; —
(«.) At the rate of seven per cent, per annum for the half year ending
30th June, 1891 (making seven per cent for the year) :
(6.) Three per cent in completion of payment of arrears of cumulative
preference dividend for the year ending 30th June, 1885 :
(r.) Seven per cent, in payment of arrears of cumulative preference
dividend for the year ending 30th June, 1886 ;
'X (- - C,^ U,-, J
supposed patent for alloy in the place of platinum for incan¬
descent lamps. I did not think it was at all probable that there
would be any value in it.
A Capt: Walter of Vienna is moving in the same direction and
I think with the like result.
Again thanking you very much for your kindness in replying to
mjr cable,
I remain.
Yours very truly.
T. A. Edison Esq.,
• • Orange, •
New Jersey.
EATOI
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:
Referring to your favor of the 9th instant, in which you
enclosed letter received by Mr. Edison from the Edison & Swan
United Electric Light Company, of London, England, together with
other papers therein mentioned, in regard to the lapsing of two
oertain English patents, I beg to state that I have consulted with
the Engineering Department of the Edison General Electric Co. in
this connection. They state that the inventions covered by the
two patents referred to in the above correspondence, namely, Eng¬
lish Patents No. 3231 of 1881 and 3804 of 1881, corresponding to
Uhited States Patents No. 263,149 and 425,763, are not now used,
as the difficulties which they were intended to sumount have been
overcome by later and better devioes.
It does not seem to me, therefore, that it will be neces¬
sary for the Light Co. to take any action in connection with the
dropping by the English Co. of the English Patents corresponding t<
the above named United States Patents, and so far as the Light Co.
is concerned, I see no objection to your notifying the Edison &
S«n Co. that they may allow the two patents above named to lapse.
Herewith I beg to return you the letter of the Edison &
Swan Co., together with the letter of Dyer & Seely, dated July 1st,
and copy of Patent No. 425,763, as requested by your above named
favor of the 9th instant.
I trust you will excuse the delay there has been in
giving you an answer on this matter. it has been caused by the
difficulty of getting at the heads of departments in the Engineer¬
ing Department.
Very truly yours.
General Counsel " "
Edison Electric Light Co.
E. Co,
Dear Sir:
You wilvprobably remember that a few months ago you re¬
ceived from The Edison & Swan United Electric Light Conpany, London,
an Assignment to them of certain of your English Patents, which
they asked you to execute. You forwarded this to me for examinat¬
ion and I gave you an opinion thereon, advising, among other thing?
that you should receive from them a return License to use these
patents, for rail',vajr locomotion purposes.
At your request I wrote the London Companystating that you
desired such a License to be executed by them upon the delivery by
you of the proposed Assignment of Patents, The London Company then
forwarded a form of License which they proposed to execute to you.
This form of License I submitted to you^and received your approval
thereof.
You thereupon executed the Assignment of Patents which
had been sent to you from London, and 1 forwarded it to The Edison
& Swan Company upon their undertaking to execute the License to
you for Railway purposes immediately upon receipt thereof,
1 have now received from The Edison & Swan Company the
License to you under these patents. This License is in duplicate,
one copy being executed by The Edison & Swan Company, which you
will please retain for your own files. The other copy is to be
executed by you opposite the seal and acknowledged before a Notary
Public, Mr. Randolph will do.
I have examined this License and it is in the form which
was submitted to you, .as above mentioned, 1 beg to advise you
therefore that you can execute the same as above mentioned, and
return it to me, and I will have it verified by the British Consul
and then forward it to The Edison & Swan Company at London.
Trusting this will be satisfactory, X remain.
Very truly yours,
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESSES.
.EDI SWAN. LONDON.
EDI SWAN. PONDERS END.
TELEPHONE N9 5140.
Thomas A. Edison Esq,
Orange,
New Jersey.
U.S.A.
Dear Sir,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th
ultimo with reference to the maintenance of Patents and thank you
for agreeing to our proposal.
I am, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully.
Secretary & Manager. . .
/3«?
EATON & LEWIS
EDISON BUILDING ) .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq'. ;
Dear Sir:
~-4/Cir.V'2(v//y_
•^CEIV^
, . OCT 1 C J091
Ans’d-& J 18,;//
s Howell's patent on Comparative Pressure Indica-
Xn considering the question whether we should go to
the expense of extending the life of the foreign patents, Mr,
Jenks obtained the opinions of a good many of our people. You
will find them with other interesting documents, in the enclosed
$rown paper pamphlet. We have decided to extend thefcfre ign patents.
My object in sending this pamphlet to you is merely
to call your attention to the curious and conflicting opinions
given by different people on the same subject. It may amuse you,
and I am quite sure you will be pleased to see the careful way in
which Mr. jenks investigated the matter.
Kindly return the enclosed pamphlet at your con¬
venience , and oblige,
EATON & LEWIS
EUGENE H. LEWIS
EDISON BUILDING )
>
\yt(e6 er2for/y_
— Oot.._ 29,-1891,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Dear Sir:
, • v. Referring to your invention patented here, for
lessening the amount of platinum used in the lamp, have you for-
gotten that the Cie Continentals is absolutely entitled for Prance
Vh * 00^try °nly» t0 *our future inventions of this sort,
provided you patent them in Prance? The price to be paid you is
•* — »• *• «• «
?»fpru; “ ^fsirzjsxz s
dated^December 22, 1886, which I believe was signed by^ou^is’
therefore binding on you, Under them you are bound as above state!
be worth.
1 call this to your attentibn for what it i
Vor*y truly yours.
/fj :u‘“
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\jK. )S 4/ ^^JsJk^aa.
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THOmas A'. Edison, Esq
Ihis refers to the invention of the third wire for
the Municipal Lamp, on which you were beaten in the Patent Office
fOre^P“t0ntB a11 belon« t0 you- But you are under
obligation to turn^Sie inventions for Prance, to the Oie Continen¬
ce. I assume that you have never done so, for some reason or
other.
_ .. Thla brinss ^ m a Practical way your relation to
the Oie Continentals touching your inventions since November, 1886.
They are entitled to lamp inventions, for Prance, at a price to
be agreed upon or arbitrated. As regards their other seven coun¬
tries, they are entitled to all your inventions perpetually, as to
light, heat and motive power", at such prices as anybody else is
willing to give you, and if they do not take take them, you can
then sell to such other party at said prices.
The next time you, Mr. Insull and I get together, wo
ought to talk .this whole subject over. Meantime will you pay the
.expenses indicated in the annexed letter, which plel.se 'returrfTwfEli
very
I'Y-
EATON a LEWIS
_2^
_ _ „ ffi'/vaeJaHheefa dison BUILDING )
RECEIVED
DEC 1 5 1891 ^
Thomas A, Edison, Esq.,
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:
Re Assignment of Colonial Patents to Brush Company, Lon-
don. You will probably remember that on May 25th, last you exec-
uted ten Assignments of your Colonial Light and Power patents to
the Brush Electrical Company of London, That Company was the
successor of the Australasian Company, which was the successor of
Edison's Indian & Colonial Company.
These Assignments were to be delivered to the Brush Com¬
pany upon the execution by them of a License to you for the use of
the said patents for Railway purposes. The form of License was
submitted by me to you, and you approved the same, I forwarded
it with the Assignments on May 29th, to Messrs. Waterhouse, Winter-
botham & Harrison, requesting them to deliver the Assignments upon
receiving back License exeouted by the Brush Company.
Not having heard from them or received the above named
License , I wrote to them'pn the 16th. ult. for information,-..., I
have just received a letter from them stating that the matter of
the Licensees had been delayed on account of the Brush Company re¬
quiring some changes in the form of License already approved by
you,
I have now received from Messrs. Waterhouse, Winterbotham
& Harrison a memorandum of an alteration, which I understand is
the only change that is now desired by the Brush Company in the
form of License. Annexed herewith is a copy of the same, consist¬
ing of a proviso, which it is desired to insert, Messrs., Water-
house, Winterbotham & Hdrribon state that they see no objection
to this. You will see that the olause is designed to protest the
Brush Co, from any liability to you by reason of the mistakes
or omissions of any patent agent appointed by you and the Brush
Co, jointly.
Please advise me whether you approve of the above prbviso-
as to non^liability of said Company. X shall then notify the Lon¬
don Lawyers, and make further endeavors to close- thisjnatter
Very truly
(EDISON BUILDING )
Dee, iff, 1SQ1,
Thomas A, Edison, Esq,,
Orange, Hew Jersey,
Dear Sir:
You will probably remember that last Summer The Edison &
Swan Company of London wrote to you asking you if Mr, T, J, Hand-
ford, your former Patent Agent in London, had before his death
assigned to you patent No, 2336 of 1882, which was one of the
patents assignable by you to the English Company. This patent
covered an invention of W. A. Stern and H. M. Byllesby, which they
had assigned to you.
You were unable after search to find any assignment from
Mr, Handford to you, and it therefore became necessary for the
Edison & Swan Co, to procure an assignment from you and from W. K.
Stern and H, M. Byllesby, as well as by the Exocutrix of Mr. Hand-
ford,
This assignment was forwarded to me some tibe ago, and
has been executed by all the parties except yourself. I now beg
to forward the same for your execution. If agreeable, will you
please execute and acknowledge the same before a Notary Public,
who should also sign as witness in the margin on the first page,
besides placing the usual form of notarial acknowledgment on the
fourth page. If you will please return the document to me after
this has been done, I will forward it to the London Company.
You are entitled to a License for the use of this patent
for the purpose of locomotion only on Railways or Tramways or on
Common Roads, This License has already been executed by the Lon¬
don Company and I sent it to you in my letter of July Slst, last.
Trusting the above will be satisfactory, I remain
Epc .
E.
EATON a LEWIS
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Thomas A. Edison, Es^m — -
^ EDISON BUILDING)
Dec . 21. 1891'.
Dear Sir:
Referring to my opinion, mentioned below at the end
hereof, on the question of your obligation to turn over your cer¬
tain inventions to the Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company,
Limited, of London, it occurs to me that I ought to call your at¬
tention to your English Patent, No. 15,792, of October 16, 1890,
covering your inventions for economizing the quantity of platinum
used in the lamp.
If my views set forth in my opinion are cor¬
rect, and I believe they are, you ought to inform the English Com¬
pany that you have taken out this patent, also what the expenses
have been (including a bonus of one hundred per centum of the ex¬
perimental expenses), and you should notify them that they must de¬
cide within the contract period of three months after receiving
your notice, whether they will acquire the said patent and repay
your- expenses. The Bouverie agreement provides that in case they
think your bill for expenses is too large, the anouht shall tie set¬
tled by arbitration. If the English Company does not within said
three mpnths avail of its option to acquire the patent, their 'fight
to acquire it ceases, and you will then be free to treat it ir> all
respects as your own, without regard to the English Company.
I suggest that you send to the English Company the fol¬
lowing Notice:
"Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company, Limited.
"Gentlemen:
"In accordance with the provisions of Section 9
of what is known as the Bouverie Agreement of February 18th,
"1882, I beg to info m you that X have made an improvement
upon and connected with the said inventions referred to in
"said agreement, the same being an improvement in the Leading-
" in-Wires of Incandescent Lamps, and have obtained British
"Letters Patent No. 15,792, df October 16, 1890, therefor; and
that the experimental and other expenses in connection there¬
with and heretofore paid by me, are as follows, namely:
"Experimental expenses leading up to improve¬
ment in Leading-in -Wires, %
"Add one hundred per cent . , , $
"Expense of obtaining patent No. 15,792
of 1890 . . . . /»**.*./
"Expense of maintaining said patent . $ _
Total $
"Will you kindly notify me on what date you shall have
received this letter, and also further notify me within three
'months after the receipt of this letter, whether or not you
"elect to acquire the said invention and patent therefor* pur¬
suant to the terms of said agreement.
"Very truly yours,"
0
I send you enclosed herewith for your files, my opinions
of December 1, 1891, as follow<
(2)
(1) Mr. Edison’s Obligations to Edison & Swan United
Electrio Light Company, Limited, under the Bouverie Agreement and
otherwise.
(2) Mr. Edison’s patent obligations to Edison Indian &
Colonial Company.
(3) Mr. Edison's patent obligations to Cie . Continentals
Edison.
1891. Electric Railway - General (D-91-29)
This folder contains correspondence relating to Edison’s involvement in
electric railways. Some of the documents pertain to proposed changes in
Edison’s 1880 electric railway patents. There are also two draft letters by
Edison outlining costs of electric railway systems and inquiries to Edison about
the construction of electric railways.
Approximately 90 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence pertaining to patent applications; letters of acknowledgment.
/ R. B. SMITH,
/^ecbG[9icecl Ei^ipecr arjd Elcofpicicrr),
'AlX / ..J^oom 56, Atlantic Building.
j Qfoiddtn&taw., 3$. <J@
Thomas. A. Edison, Esq.
Llewellyn Park,
Orange, N.J.
Jan 30th 91
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Lear Sir:- ^
I am superintending the construction of an Electric '^e
Railroad (over head wire) the system is immaotterial, the
contractor is using 1/4" iron wire (double) for "bonding
the rails, to which the purchaser takes exception saying Topper
should be employed
The contractor says '.that "the iron is more durable
be cause;1 Electrolytic Action takes place between the steel rail
and the copper, eating the latter in much less time than • if iron
were employed, that their experience hasbeen.that copper is
short lived on the still further grounds, •*£ the Galvanic action
going on continously betwwen the copper and the rail.
I am in a pecular position, and do not give any opinion
here as to what is proper.
I appeal to you Sir, on account of your world wide
reputation, aafcbecause the purchaser will be satisfied with any
thing appearing above your Signature, will consider At a great '
favor if you will kindly give your opinion in the matter at the
oarliest possible convenience, and remain.
Very respectfully Yours,
regarding the best system of Elect* 16 Street Cars now In usejand whether
an * over-head trolley system " is superior to the * Storage system",
both as regards efficiency in operation and also cost and economy in a
business -or commercial point of view. As I am interested with some
clients in a charter f0r a Street Car Service in the suburbs of Toronto
I take this liberty to. write you for as much information as you can
fdr nish on these point* for my Co-Directors’, instruction. Also state
which is idie best and most successful "Storage system" now in use,
as some of my friends her* seem to prefer this to over-head wires.
With apologies fpr thus trolling you., believe me,
Yours truly,
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Dear Sir:
You will see by the enclosed letter that Mr. ^an-
size has already prepared six subdivided applications of your
original electric railway patent. He wants $150 to pay the first
fees &c.
My impression is that these patents when issued will
belong to the Light Co., and that for this reason that Company
should pay these charges. ' But I wish to verify this opinion by
going over all the documents again. They constitute a Chinese
puzzle, but with care and patience I can find out to a certainty
whether mja impression is correct.
Will you please send me $150, cheque drawn to the
order of William B. Vansize, or if you prefer, turn me over to the
Light Company.
What is your own impression as to who will own these
patents when granted, yourself, the Light Co., you and the Light
Co. jointly, or who?
Please return the annexed letter from Mr. vansize
with your reply, and oblige.
Very truly yours,
Dear Mr. Edison:
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to you I shall therefore call on the Light
Please send back the two letters annexed hereto.
Very truly yours,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
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Dear Sir:-
I beg to hand you herewith six divisional applications
of your application filed in 1880 for Improvements in Electric
Railways, will you kindly sign each of these copies in three
Places, as indicated in lead pencil. They should then be sworn to
by you before a Notary Public, who should affix his seal. Two wit¬
nesses should sign at the end of each specification, as indicated
in lead pencil. The Notary Public may be one of the witnesses'.
When these papers have been executed by you, as above,
will you kindly return them to me.
P.S. These are the identical applications which you passed upon
some days ago .
MEMORANDUM DOR MR. KENHRLLY.
Will you kindly give me suoh information as will enable me to
reply to the attached letter from Mr. John W. Hinsdale.
Yours ve-ry truly.
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Electric Street Kailway of Raleigh and the Telephone Company, on
ao count of ancinterference between them. The telephone company
wishes an injunction to prevent the Street Railway Company from
interfering with their use of the ground as a return circuit, and
they claim that a recent device or qystgm has been invented by
means of which the Railway Company ,qpp prqy^j^ fop a return cir¬
cuit and thus avoid the difficulty at Iqss expense than the Tel-:
ephone Company could d<? so.
My I ask that you will request your secretary to give
me the inforpiation ? desire. I wish to know whether there is such
a deyipe or system, as claimed by the Telephone Company and what it
is. Also what other devices or systems there are in use for this
purpose by either company, and their comparative cost.
I read with interest your testimony in the case of
Peton v. The Cleveland Street Railway Company and also your exam¬
ination before the Virginia Senate Committee.
I trust you will pardon my troubling you. If you have
no time to give me the information, will you kindly inform me
where I can get it?
[ENCLOSURE]
LAW OFFICES OF
JOHN W. HINSDALE,
Citizens National Bank Builoino, .
RALEIGH, N. C.
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Thanking you in advance, I am.
Very truly yours.
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1891. Exhibitions (D-91-31)
This folder contains correspondence concerning exhibitions in Canada,
Europe, and the United States. Some of the letters pertain to the Columbian
Exhibition scheduled to open in Chicago in 1893. One item relates to a
proposal by Alexandre G. Eiffel to build a tower there.
All the documents have been filmed.
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Private Secretary,
Orenge, N. J.
Dear Sir
Feb. 17th, 1891,
V.
With this is a copy of Mr. Rosetti's letter to Mr.
Edison which we referred to Mr. Hammer, also a copy of Mr. Hammer's
letter to me.
We have paid on the 29th of Oct. 1890, the representative of
Mr. Stiassney, $200. and considered that ended the ipatter.
There is no claim of any kind which could be sued upon, against
T. A. Edison or the Edison Co., for the reason, that to-. Hammer
had no authority whatever, to order the catalogues' in question.
There is no moral claim of any kind for the reason that the
catalogues were represented to Mr. Hammer to be finished at a
very much earlier date than they were delivered , and also to be
much more substantial and better printed than was the ease.
I advise that you write to Mr.. Rosetti stating in the name of
Mr. Edison, that you know nothing whatever about the matter and
that in case of any claim, the parties should write to Mr. W. J.
Hammer, Room 533, Temple Court, New York.
Yours
truly.
Enc.
General Manager.
[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
(copy)
Wm. J . Hammer, Consulting & Supervising
Elec. Engineer.
New York, Feb. 9th, 1891.
Francis R. Upton, Esq.,
Oen'l Manager La up Dept.,
Ediscn Oen'l Elec. f»o.,
Harris oi, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Yours with enclosures received. I believe Mr.
Rasetti was the printer and publisher of the Album of the ll.ft.
the Paris Exposition, in which was published a discript ion with
cuts and photographs of the Edison Display and for which I ar¬
ranged with Mr. Stiassney,Rasetti's Agent ( who was the only one I
dealt with) & for which it was agreed they were to receive the
sum of $400.00; and the Edison interests were to take 50 copies
oi the Album at, I believe $3 each. Before making any arrange¬
ment I cabled to "r. Edison for instructions and wrote explaining
what the Album was to be who had taken pages in it &o., and recei¬
ved instructions by both cable and letter to make the arrangement
in so far as the $400 was concerned. Subsequently these parties
through Mr. Stiassney agreed to make some additional cuts and give
us seme additional matter; and as this was much to the advantage
-of the Edis cn interests I gave him a promise that the Works take
50 copies. I did not doubt, myself that they would want many hun¬
dreds of them, however, when the 50 copies came Mr Upton
[ENCLOSURE]
did not wish the paper and : binding what was expected. It, cer¬
tainly was not all that was promised, so he returned the copies to
StiasBney’B American Representative and after considerable corres¬
pondence it was agreed that Stiassney’s Representative was to
accept $200.0:0 in settlement of all claims. Whether this has
been paid or not, I do not know. If it has, evidently Stiassney
has not settled with the printers in London ( E.P. Rasetti 70
Firsburry Pavement, London E.O. ) If you wish my opinion it is
that Stiassney ' s Agent should be paid this money, if he ha not
already received it. When he signs a release from further claims
as I feel that the large amount of work and expense Stiassney wont
to in this Album and the special figures he gave the Edison inter o
-osts ( which I know to have hem far better than other parties
received) and the general character of the album warrant their
receiving certainly the $20:9.0:0. Anyway I believe the sum was
promised Mr. Stiassney’s Representative in New York by Mr. Upton,
but I do not know whether it has been paid or nojr.
Yours very truly,
(signed) VVm. J. Hammer.
P.S. I return correspondence herewith.
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„ELEKTRIZITAT" 'M •
Offizielle Zeitung '~'C ~ '-’7
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International Elektroteehnisehen Ausstellung Frankfurt a. M. 1891
Hcrausgcgeben unter Mitwirkung des
Ausstellungsvorsiandes und hervorragender Fachleute.
Kedaktion: Zeil 39. — Teleplion No. 468.
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A. 0. Tate Esq. / \J &! ' ' /
c|o Thomas A. Edison Esq. | W \ /
Orange, Mev/ Jersey. U.S.AA /
Dear Sir,-
I have your favor of the 18th inst. and am pleased to
know that the arrangements for the Phonograph Exhibit are pro¬
gressing as you state. There is no doubt that it will be ohe of
the most interesting features of the Exhibition/ especially to
the local visitors.
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commendation which we could present to the management it would
materially help us to secure a good position. Our contemplated
display will be more effective and complete than has ever before
been attempted, and beside a strictly scientific collection, which
c cannot fail to interest all mineralogists, it will include a large
and showy exhibit which will be an attraction to the general
public, and a seftion devoted to American gems cut and in the
rough. We shall spare no effort to make it a great success, and
in order to secure a good location we have decided that Mr. Niven
make a personal visit to Chicago with that object in view. If
you could give us such a letter we would be greatly indebted to you
and we .are sure it would have great weight.
Thanking you in advance and hoping you can favor us in this
Very truly^yoi^g ,
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[ENCLOSURE]
My. dear Hr. Gardens:- j p v . r"‘ ^
I have an original idea which could be
utilized in connection with the phonograph, the marvelous invention
of your genius fellowoountryman Kdisom
I suppose that you have the honor t'o know him, and my idea
shall have perhaps more chances of success if you will be so kind
as to present it to Mr. Kdison.
My idea is to institute an exhibition of wax figures similar
to those in the Grevin Museum in Paris, by which the most celebrat¬
ed men could be represented moving and speaking bysuitable mechan¬
ism connected with She phonograph.
This exhibition during the World's Pair would be a gret attiB«T*-e-
tion and would certaiftly pay. The Grevin Museum gained $300,000.
during the Centennial Kxposition. Many people would desire to
see such a thing and at the conclusion of the exhibition in Chicago
it could be very easily transferred to another greaf city. We
have just the necessary time to perform this work and I shall be
very much obliged to you if you will be so kind as to tell me what
Mr. Kdison thinks about it as^soon as he will have told you his
opinion. I should be immediately at his disposition. Should my
idea be accepted by Mr. Kdison I do not suppose that you could give
me any help because I have been told that you are otoerbusy for the
present. You can tell to Mr. Kdison that I am the author of the
[ENCLOSURE]
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Mirabeau Statue «»««« ao.e ago by P„.ia,„t Same,.
*»„ competition to tbe iVen.b a,.d,my of -Beau, Art.. , „
ceived a golden medal at the 1889 Exhibition.
I Give this latter to my friend Paulas .
tistic reputation^ because^Tid^yr&ow your atWrefJa>
( SIGNED )
PIERRE GRANET.
1891. Fort Myers (D-91-32)
c , ‘® folder contains correspondence pertaining to the maintenance of
Edjson s home and property at Fort Myers, Florida. Most of the letters are
by William E. Hibble, caretaker, and relate to the sale and shipment of
machmeiy and other items from Fort Myers. One letter announces the arrival
of Edison s father, Samuel, and James Symington.
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been filmed. Routine
Dills and receipts for supplies and labor have not been filmed.
Related documents can be found in D-91-12 (Edison, T. A. - Family).
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—May-28,— 1&91-,
Mr. H. A. Parker,
St. Ityeite, Fla.
Dear ;Sir:-
With reference to your letter of 13'th instant, Mr.
Edison -has communicated with Mr. Kibble regarding the price at
Much lie would be willing to sell the engine and pump referred to,
and he has also instructed Mr. Kibble t.o see you in regard to the
matter. Mr. Edison is unable at present to place a pripe on the
other articles mentioned, but will do so later.
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This folder contains correspondence relating to Glenmont, Edison’s
home m Llewellyn Park. Most of the letters are by Sherburne B. Eaton,
Edison’s attorney, and relate to deeds, insurance, and the transfer of ownership
of the property to Edison’s wife, Mina Miller Edison.
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: payroll accounts for
the Glenmont staff; meeting announcements for the Llewellyn Park
proprietors.
New York City, March 6th, 1891.
Dear Mr. -pate: J>j,/
Of course this deed was to fore my time. I have
never seen it. Wuat I want is an accurate description of tlio
entire premises which at present comprise al 1 of Mr. Edisonfs
holdings in Llewellyn Park. Perhaps the mortgages I sent you
contain a full description. If so, please send them anyway or
such of them as you have, for the above purpose.
Please return the enclosed letter. ><
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J Very truly yours, . “ "
EATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
Dear Mr. Edison:
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I am not getting along very fast with this new deed .
Please send me the recent mortgages and no doubt I can get- the
information I want from them. I mean the mortgages I paid off for
you last year.
If I do not find the information I want in them I
shall send out to the County Clerk's Office and have a copy made
of the deed, that is to say of the desa*iptive part of it.
As matters of this kind ought not to admit of delay
will you kindly send me the mortgages as quickly as possible,
Very truly yours,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
‘ CATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
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Tnornas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir:
Re Transfer of Slenmont to Mrs. Kdison. I have
concluded tiiat under the Statutes of New Jersey, this property can
not be transferred directly from you to your wife, without being
subject to subsequent creditors and to a possible action to set ’
aside transfer by your heirs after your death. The transfer
however can be legally made through a third party, and Mrs. Edi¬
son will tnen take absolute title free and clear of all future con-
tm^e-'cies.
If you approve, I shall draw a
Mr. Insullfor any other third party), for a nominal
One dollar, and shall then draw deed from him for i
tion to Mrs. Edison, llo you approve?
deed from you to
consideration of
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sonal prope
formalities
pacperty th
way as the
Under New Jersey law the transfer of the per-
rty from husband to wife is also hedged about with legal
. I shall ovc -corns them by tra- sf erring the personal
rough a thirs party, Mr. Insull for instance, in the saei
You may remember that I told you and Mrs Edi¬
son last Tuesday evening that I should require a complete itemized
.list of all the personal property which was to be assigned to her.
Such a list is necessary under New Jassey law, and must be recorded
at your County Seat. You suggested that instead of making a new
list, I had better use the one prepared who i you purchased the pro¬
perty. That particular list dis on record at Newark your County
over * five j,®a^d°C^ment of 35 -paSss- Tt dated January 20, 1886,
My advice is that we do not rely on the item¬
ized list of property which was prepared five years ago as above-
stated but that a new list be prepared now. If we rely on the
old list, questions can properly arise hereafter as to whether
Mrs. Edison has title to such new articles as have been broup-ht ir
V^i liSt 0f 1886 V,as P^paroa. I therefore
vr * W Vt.r 0n0e nave a oomrjlete inventory made of every
* "S Lrrr PJ°l'epty of every kind whatsoever, the same con-
1 ■«* VIE*0! the entlre Property widch you wish to transfer,
this inventory, r «h«n « _ _ _
. n\ „ l • E> entire property widch you wish to transfe
U thiS lnvent°ry> T shall prepares a sup piemen IS
1/ ix ^L'\r'eby yoa assiGn t0 '■•rs- Edison through a third party
(V\J . /'ihe ime ntorv. it should
A’.vjiich you wish to have
, — course articles
s property should not be included in
..elude only those which belong to you
transferred.
I propose to have the transfer of the real
once without waiting for the completion of the in-
personal property, and shall proceed with the same
estate made at
vontory of the
without delay.
• Please bear in mind that your insurance polic-
-_are doubtless payable to you. We must therefore be careful to
?th tfl lnSUr.e<;1 lntorest transferred to Mrs. Edison simultaneous > y
, the execution and delivery of the deeds. i assume that 'y
iu have separate insurances on the house or houses and on the
personal property. ts that so? Please send me list of the
be raJ! na"‘!, and address of your insurace agent, and
ioiT+^v k + 11 r Wnether any ono or mo-"e of the policies covers
prorerty ^irtLt'hf 6’ t0 Say buildlnB«. and personal
f „ ' that bG so* th0 transfer of real property and per¬
sonal property, must all be made at the sametime.
. . *n tne deed from Messrs Arnold, Constable & Co.
.. ls lncluded not only Glenmont, but also a tract of
three acres located on Eagle Ridge. X assume that this is
Cjihd piece of land lying outside of Llewellyn Park. As I
Sand your instructions, this piece of land is not to be in-
the deed of the Homestead. Is that so? If this ad-
Lece of land is also to go to Mrs. Edison, would it not
prepare a separate deed which covers this detached
(I) Shall I ase Mr. Insullh
tli rough whom these transfers are to be made?
i the third party
fli . n (2) Have you separate policies for buildings
ana for personal property ? ”
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(3) Give ms i
with the name ad address of your
(4) Please prepare a complete list of all your
^-Vpersonal property of everything you wish to transfer, setting forth
everything in detail, so as to avoid all possibility of dispute
hereafter .
(5) Let us all bear in mind that the insurance
policies are to be changed so as to be paid to Mrs. Edison sirnul
taneously with the transfer of the property.
al o Mrs.
(6) Is tne detached real estate on Ee
Edison, and if so, shall I prs j>a,ri*c
■ - x I suggest that this letter be shown to Mrs.
Edison in order that shemay understand the present situation, and
waiting your reply, I remain
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq., .
Dear Si r:
to SaimiPi m.,,11 -p En°^ossd Ploase find a deed from you and Wife
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Obtained h*rnv. . * , tnat Mrs* Edlson ’■ signature be
obtained before sue* leaves for fflhio, e^ren though you may not
have returned home by that time. 5
Mr insuii -.mu he-c ^M11 ,10ld thls deod and not deliver it to
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pass title through a third party. V necessary to
1 suSSest that you carefully examine the de¬
scription Contained in the deed. It is taken from tl“ description
contained m the deed from Messrs Arnold Constable & Co. to you.
the rero-r.n=i . 1 liave already written you about transferring
n™ inrt P^Pfrty, and explaining the necessity for having a
new and complete inventory made. I have also written you about
sent' °J laJtd I? EafilG Ridf;e- The fact that ^u are ab¬
sent from home at T.ake Hopatcong, accounts for my not having anv
reply as yet to my letter. My judgment is thh we hal bftt^
Sth-r matf^ °f ^ real propei’ty without waiting for these
ot.i_i matters. They can be attended to later.
remain H°pinfi y°U WiU find the above sat i sfactory , I
» Very trnly yours,
PI ease excuse printed signature.
Tag
, EATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Dear Sir:
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Roferring to your recent transfer through Mr. In-
sull, of Glenmont, to Mrs Edison, the insurance policies have all
been transferred to her. I have obtained a complete list of all
the policies and enclose it herewith for your files although you
probably already have such a list. It appears that the insurance
on the dwelling, bam and greenhouse amounts altogether to $72,500.
Very truly yours,
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PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
Major s. B. Eaton,
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New York City.
Dear Sir:-
The list of insurance on Mr. Edison'S residence and
property in Llewellyn Park enclosed with your. de tier of 13th
instant is incomplete. The total insurance is §148,900.00, whereas
the list forwarded to me by yourself shows a total of only §72,5Q0.
1 have instructed Mr. Wood to send you a copy of the fit 11 list of
policies.
EATON & LEWIS
Thomas A. Kdison, Esq.,
Bear Sir:
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Mis Edison, has been entirely completed, and the insurance polic-ies
have also been transferred. TfCus , both real estate and personal
property are now hers, including insurance policies. Mr. Wood
has promised to give me a list of the policies on the personal pro¬
perty, and I shall send the same to you when I get it,' although I
believe you al eady have a list on file in your office.
Hoping the above will be satisfactory , I remain,
Ve ry truly yoi
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,CTesP°ndence and other documents relating to
mining and ore milling. Included are numerous inquiries from mine operators
regarding the application, buying, or leasing of Edison’s ore processing
SedbvEdlr,' lC “ a-re by Joh” “ consulting engines
Edison^ to evaluate mining properties and to advise him on related
? J r?9-ther l!tte^s Pf.rtam to busmess dealings between Walter S. Malloiy
and the Edison Ore Milling Co., Ltd. y
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine inquiries
receiving no significant reply; duplicate copies of selected items. 4
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Mr. Thomas A.Pdison,
Orange, New Jersey.
Pear Sir:- About a year and a half ago you expressed to rue your own views .con¬
cerning the desirability of State and government geological surveys devoting, more
tine, money and publications to the interest of the mining investigators. You prob¬
ably are familiar with the -volumes of mining statistics published by the Geological
Survey. These are published aut of an appropriation of si a, OOO per annum. Our
recent I. S. Census appropriated f 800,000 for mines and mining. It is now .urged and
proposed by many that StCR, ooo be appropriated for the department of mines and min¬
ing.
An expression from you addressed to some congressman that you know and forwarded
to Hr. Ts vie' T. Pay, IJ.S. Geological Survey, Washington, P. 0.,, I think you would have more
or less influence iri procuring such an anuiooriaticn. There is no doubt that a
congressman would highly appreciate an opinion so practical as yours would be. If
you have .rb* the time or inclination to forward such a letter to me I will see that
it reaches its destination. -My only reason for coming to you is as I said at the
time that you views on the matter are so lucid and practical that you cannot fail to
do good.
Trusting that, you will favor me with an early response I remain,
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F. S. If there- is no senator or congressman that you know, kindly address a letter
to The Honorslle Mr. Cannon, Chairman of Appropriation Committee, Washington,
P. C.
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TO ASK XL- YOU HAVE ANY PRINTED INFORMATION FOR DISTRIBUTION CON¬
CERNING VOUK MAGNETIC CONCENTRA OK, AND ALSO WHETHER IT HAS REEN
ADAPTED TO TREATING SAND WHILE IV ET, I. E. WHOLLY DRENCH El) AND
SUSPENDED IN A GREAT EXCESS OF WATER.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE ASCERTAINED THE COST
OR DRYING SANDS FOR DRY CONCENTRATION BY YOUR PROCESS.
TO INTRODUCE MYSl^F, I MAY SAY THAT I MADE AN EXAMINATION
AND REPORT ON YOUR MAGNETIC CONCENTRATOR FOR THE AMERICAN METAL
COMPANY SOME TIME AGO, AND THAT I AM A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE AMER¬
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Thos. A, Edison Esq., .
Orange, N. J, .
Dear Sir: - /'
I am in receipt, from Mr. W. B./Kuhhardt, Acting Sec'y.
of the A. I. M. E. , of -a notification tliat my ' nam e^ has been pre¬
sented for the office of the Preside^/ of the Institute, and stat¬
ing "that this nomination has beer/ very widely and very tho.roi^gh-
ly seconded by letters which haveibeen deceived from all parts of
the corntry." Understanding;
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are among those who have
thus kindly honored me, I desire to express my thanks, and to
assure you that, if elected,/ I will endeavor to merit a contin¬
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My Dear Wizard:
Nickel properties are getting a; plentiful as
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it goes a great way. We shall know all about it b,f re long.
It certainly does seem to give remarkable properties to steel;
b“t except for armor-plate, the extra cost is an obstacle to its
use; about four cents per pound. This is more than steel itself
costs; but perhaps you will discover a means of reducing the cost.
With best wishes,
Yours very truly,
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Philadelphia, March 21st, 1891 .
T* A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
My dear sir:-
This toil 1 introduce to , you Mr. J. G. Fowle,
Superintendent of the Mi chtgmme Mines, in Michigan, who has
been operating the Wenstron and Buchanan separators at his
mines, and has become interested in the problem of magnetic
iron ore concentration. I believe a mutual acquaintance
may be of advantage, and hence write this letter.
You will remember the fact that, some time ago, I
spoke to you about Mr. Fowle in connection with (^manage¬
ment a$>some of your mining enterprises.
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Corner 4Dtii Street & 4th Avenue.
laboratory a grinder for reducing materi¬
als to be analyzed which is very effectiv<
I should like to know whether this grind¬
er can be purchased, and, if so, at what
price I can procure it.
There are three grinders of different
patterns in use, one made at the Cambria
Iron Works, one at the Bethlehem Iron
Works, and yours, of which I have heard,
and I am anxious to secure the best one*
Yours truly,
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In your letter to me of November 7, 1889, you said you had am
instrument designed by your assistant Mr. Konnelly, for the purpose
of locating magnetic iron ore, and which worked excellently, have
you such instrument for sale? If so, please name the price. I
want one.
If they are not for sale, and the method of making the in¬
strument is not secret, I would very much like to have a descrip¬
tion of it.
Recently they have been using in Norway and Sweden an appli¬
ance called the"Tiberg instrument." I have used my best endeavors
to secure the article, and have failed in every attempt. If you
have one, or know where one can be purchased, I will be under many
obligations, if you will give me sane light on the subject.
I have brought to light a variety of rare minerals; and if at
usualiveauo^rev1d!,Sir0US, °f securinG a»y variety of mineral not
can J*!!0! ^Ve Wha? 1 b6lieve t0 be the ^gest variety of Ameri-
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V/ith very kind personal remembrances, I remain
.Philadelphia, Api*U Hi- 1891.
T, An Mixon
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the testa md if you would like to visit the property and see
fiat we are doing, I would be delighted to have you do so and
T can surej Messrs. V,, S. & Go., will extend# cordial wejtom
for you.
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opment of your Putnam County property # please call W thH
Trusting th is finds you well , I am '
Yours respbcfyuily,
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in securing for him one or moro rare minerals, — especially if he
catitinuo3 in the line of investigation which lie had taken up when
I last mot him.
Faithful. ly yours,
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Mr.- W. A.- Tate Secretary
Edison Laboratory
Orange N.;-J.-
Dear Sir.---
Your favor of the nth Inst; I. reed.- and thank you: for the sates.-. I am
glad to- know, that" Mr.- Edison- has taken- up the question-, of separating the Metallic
Iron . from the Bessemer Converter slag, and ate;: confident that he will make It a
success. ..In- my mind the-, greatest,-: difficulty: does not; exist in- the separation- of the
metal, but in- the reduction of the material, to- the .proper degree of ;flneness to- lib¬
erate the smallest tears of metal. ..Yesterday ;L visited a plant at: Pittsburg where
they are using a'Wenstronr separator.- They- aim; at: reducing: the -slag to- .fineness In an-
ordlnary : tumbling; barrel, and pass only that which passes through the slots :over . the
separator.- This' appeared all- right: for the separation of . the smaller parts, .but: the
magnetic attraction was not: strong enough, to- hold the very heavy ipleces of metal on
the drum; long 'enough-. In-.; consequence of which they dropped- off too- soon, and ware
wasted with- the;gahgue.-.
-.I. have: given- the separation of the. Metalilc Iron from; Converter slag some atten¬
tion; and: wish the . distance "between- us was not.- so: great so that ;.I;. could have a person¬
al Interview, with .you .on the subject. -
About: when do :you think you would have your plans .for the .Penna.- Sticel Cos.-
iplant ready?.. We are In- a’. great;: hurry .for .ours, and :.I, thought; It mlght.vbe possible
that. we might arrange .wlth you: to- have.;our. machinery made: at; the same time you- make
that of the ; Penna-.-: Steel Cq-, • If-- you- decide: to--, do-: so-.:
■Very- truly .yours, / ^ - - ~-4 •
sdpt. Metallurgical Dept.
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Nsv^ York City, April 30, 1801.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir:
.. .. Re Pl’°P°sed New Contract between Ore Milling Company
and Mr. Mallory. You may remember that you instructed me to pre¬
pare a fresh agreement, to take the place of the old one between
the same parties, dated July 221,1880. I have done so, and send
two copies herewith, with the following explanations:
. . (I) The new agreement is without date, aid there is
no provision for the payment of any royalties prior to the date to
be inserted, that is to say the theory is that the old contract
will be cancelled when this is executed and that no demand for
royalties will be made as regards any concentrate prior to the
date which may ultimately be inserted in this new agreement.
(2) The rate of royalty under Mr. Mallory's old
contract is 15 cents. Under this new one it is 25 cents.
. (3) The old contract was for three States, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota. This new contract is for the State of
Michigan alone.
U) A formal release should be drawn cancelling the
old contract with Mr Mallory, because it covers three' States.
Moreover, a release would put an end to any possible claim here¬
after by either party against the other. I advise that simultan¬
eously with the execution of the new contract, releases be executed
touching the old one. I now enclose duplicate copies of the requi¬
site form of release.
(5) The minnimum guaranteed aggregate payments are
provided for in the fourth section of the new contract page 5.
Blanks are left for you to fill in. In the old Mallory contract
the guarantee was by tong, but in this new one I have followed the
precedent established in your own contrapt, and generally speaking
31 T«Qn'V :°?!ra0t l8 !/a° Simile of your saidov^i contract of May
31,1890, relating to Six counties in New York State.
(6) Please road particularly the fifth section which re¬
quires Mr. wallary to invest $2,000 in mills within two years.
(7) There is no provision permitting Mr. Mallory to
assign this contract, but he has the right to -rant sub-licenses
for the whole or any part of the territory. In that respect the
contract corresponds with your own.
Please remember that this contract should be approved by
the Board of the Ore Milling Company after it is made satisfactory
o you and Mr, Mallory, As I understand it, it is not yet approved
of by the said Board. The enclosed release should also be ap¬
proved at the sametime.
Very truly yours,
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T. A. Edison Esq. ,
Orange , N. J.
Dear Sir
I take pleasure in introducing to you Mr. J. a.
Fowle, who has been managing the Miohigamme Mine and while
there, has done considerable work in produciTig concentrates.
Hoping that you will be able, by an interview with him,
to obtain some points of interest in regard to concentration ^
in the Lake Superior region as well as to the existencTof^
iron ore deposits in that section, - 1 am
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Philadelphia, June 8th. , 1891.
T. A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N. <7.
Dear Sir:~
I had a call from Prof. y Green to-day, who is an¬
xious to see if a good separation could be obtained from py¬
rolusite carrying from 6 to 10 per cent of iron. What he
desires is to get the practically pure pyrolusite with not
over ly^ ofl per cent of iron, and the iron which is carried
away would not be injured if some manganese went with it.
As I understand it, they take the pyrolusite, treat it in
reducing flame, crush it to from 60 to 100 mesh , and from
this they wish the separation made. I told him that I be¬
lieved you could separate that product very completely for
him and advised him to communicate with you.
I shall be ready almost any time that suits your
convenience now to make the visit to the Ogden Mine which
you suggested, and will be glad if you wifi com, tunicate your
wishes to me.
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WHARTON BLAST FURNACE.
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Referring to the a taehed from Mr. Dyer aid Mr. Chandler,
can you give me any information that will enable me to reidy to
Mr. Dyer?
1
New York,.
RICHARD N. DYER, ESQ.,
3 6 WALL S TREE I,
NEW YORK.
My dear Dyers
ivn „„ < x,1 VU?d8rstand Mr’ Edison is getting control of certain
th! NaW 1 believe he has a process for extracting
the impurities in the ore; thereby making it desirable to mine low
grade ores, or certain cl asse| of ore. A client of mine has a
claim against a man by/ the name of De Camp.- William H. De Cann, of
City, whose wife, Phebe De Camp, ow|s some 150 acres- ^iand
in the township of Sparta, Suasex County, N. J. ,. which Mr. De Canro
represents to us he is trying to sell Mr. Edison, or his company/
through a. Mr. Alexander Elliott of Patterson, N. J. Mr. DeCanm
has promised to pay me the amount of my client's claim as soon as
this land of his wife's is bought by Mr. Edison's Company.
afk6d EaJton & Le,ri8 t0 advise me when this sale takes
place, but- -they have written me they have nothing to do with the
matter and know nothing about it. Perhaps yon do, or if not. can
tell me to what lawyer 1 must apply for this information.
' 1 kav®,1?Bard a great mny nice things said about your argu-
mav " 0886 beft>re Judge WallaC0- 1 greatly hope you
may meet with success. *
Yours, tnily,
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T^A. Edison,
Orange, H.J.
Dear Sir:-
You will note that on the postal card ann0unctng
the meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers ,
at Glen Summit, October 6th, it is proposed to discuss the
Commercial uses of Concentrated iron ore - Will you be pre¬
pared to contribute to this discussion, either in writing or
verbally? it to me is a very important subject for our
Eastern blast furnaces ana many mines of magnetite, and I
should libe to see the topic thoroughly considered.
f Personal) Philadelphia, August 5 th 1891*
Mr. A. Edison,
Orange, jr.j.
Dear Sir:-
Yesterday I net Mr.G.M.DaU, who you know is the-
Joint inventor with Mr. S, Norton of what is known as the
Monarch Separator » and who also vlatxts originality %n the use
of alternate polarity in Magna do separators . He gape me the
following as copy of claims which had been allowed him in the
Patent office, and as it was not given me in confidence , or
with any restricted, I send it to you, as in View of the
experiments made at your labratory of whtdh J have cognizance
and also which were publicly describe^ I cm at a loss to
know how such claims can be allowed, or if they are allowed.
What basis the patentee would have in attempting to protect
them .
I have not forgotten my promise to you to give you a
list of Magnetic iron ore mines, and you - must blame the public
printer rather than myself, for until my data prepared for
the Census i9 issued, I cm not at liberty to Use ut*
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Claims as allowed.
An ore separator comprising a rotary screen in a
magnetic field, means for passing the ore to the screen, and
means for varying the strength of the field .
An ore separator comprising a series of rotary screens
in successive magnetic fields, means for imparting different
speeds to the successive screens, means for feeding the ore to
the screens in succession, and means for varying the strength
of the magnetic fields, as and for the purpose described.
The method of separating magnetic ore from its impuri tiees
which consists first in crushing the ore, then magnetically
separating the mass into three grades, tailings, middlings,
and concentrate, varying in the quantity of iron contained,
then recrushing the middlings which contain a percentage of ittop
to mechanically dissociate the iron from the adherent gangue,
and then magnetically withdrawing the iron from the recrushed
material.
MINING ’ MACHINERY.
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THE AMERICAN MMFfi, MIBIXC i MILLING CO..
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Have you any further change to make in this pro-
If not, I shall go ahead and prepare clean copies
SHEET IRON.
SHEET STEEL.
W. S. Mallory & Co.
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EATON a LEWIS
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— Aug ... 2a,_I8&I .
W.S. Mallory, Esq.,
Mo. 7 West Randolph Street,
Chicago, Ill,
Dear Sirj
v Re Edison Ore Milling Co: License for Mi chi pan.
Your favor of the 25th inst. reached me duly. When you left the
draft of contract with me on the 24th, you said yoS would seo Mr
ehanpp ^ ^ayand then tela me whether there were anv fiirthar
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*° ?»”• I *» ™,d,. to finish w Hsi hours
notice, and am only waiting to be told whether you wish an” fur-
shown0™"^!! T ’ t+at. 't0 say TOy ohanges in addition to those
shown on the document which you gave me on Monday.
_ Kindly facilitate this matter s
off my hands, and oblige.
that I can get it
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Dear Sir:-
V/ith reference to your letter of 18th instant, it is
Mr. Samuel G. Bum whom Mr. Edison desires to examine the Catoctin
Mine, and ha is to males the examination as soon as he finishes "the
work upon which lie is now engaged. I have been unable to ascer¬
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fj}°UGLASS JfOUSE,
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Professor Kimball Arrived in
Denver with His Wonderful
Invention Last Night.
He Located Some Valu¬
able Bodies of Ore in '
Boulder County.
In No Instance DM the Little Machine Fall
to Point Direct Toward the
Precious Metal.
Two Piles of Silver Hidden in a
Room — The Professor Locates
Both in a ’Moment,*'
Severe Tests Were Made, But the
Electrical Wonder Was Right
in Every Case.
bio depth ami richness.
On a lissuro vein ho cannot always tell
ust how deep ho must go. Ono o£ tho pc-
uliar properties of his instrument is tho
ust that it will only indicate tho largest or
Ichcst body of mineral.
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ly over a body of ore. It points downward,
upposing tho vein to bo on a^hlo hill, llio
istrmnent is carried down- tilo&htll, and
'ill continue to point directly at tho point
•hero tho richest oro is, that offering tho
rentest attraction. It may bo n pocket,
r tiioro may bo good oro within a few feet
t tho surfucb, but tho indicator only points
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Thomas Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
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Wi a a 1891
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Dear Sir:
I have recently returned
from Japan, where I heard that, you had a
process for the treatment of copper ores
directly from the ore. I should be clad
to know something about this method, as I
am consulted about these methods both here
and in Japan.
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Yours truly,
BARDEN-. -AUTOMATIC
-SmmciTT.: CREAMERY perfection'
Address, H. E. BARDEN, Middle Granville, N. Y.
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The Florida. Phosphate Industry.
EEPOET OF COMMITTEE,
OCRLR , FLORIOR, U. S, R„ October 1st. 1BB1.
TO THE CHRIRURN RND MEMBERS OF THE PHOSPHRTE CONUENTION t
Your Committee appointed by the representatives of the various Companies en¬
gaged in the Phosphate buisness in Florida, in mass meeting assembled, respectfully
submit the following report :
FIRST— In view of the magnitude and great importance to the commercial and
agricultural world of the recently discovered and rapidly developing deposits of phos-
phatic material in Florida, and the greatly exaggerated reports that have been scat¬
tered throughout Europe as to its extent, character and commercial value (which
have had a tendency to depress the. market for such material and which can but result
in crippling the industry and injuring alike producer and consumer of the material),
and in order • that these evils may be corrected and the truth made known that the
civilized world may have the benefits of one of the richest of nature's resources
and this industry be made profitable to those who are engaged in mining, manufac¬
turing and consuming it; so be it
RESOL YBD, That we cordially invite and earnestly request that all organized
Companies and individuals actually and legitimately engaged in mining, or who will
commence mining on or before the date designated for the meeting, and producing for
market phosphate rock in Florida, to select at least one representative of each of their
respective Companies, as a delegate, to meet with all other similarly selected delegates
in a business meeting to be held at Ccala, Florida, on Thursday Hovember 19th, 1891,
at 2 o’clock P. M„ at Armory Hall, for the purpose of considering the advisability of
combining or organzing for such concert of action as they may deem expedient and
practicable, with a view of regulating the output of Florida phosphate material, and
such other proceedings as will be conducive to their interests. Be it further
RESOL YBD, That a committee of not less than three experienced business men
be appointed by the meeting, who shall ascertain by the personal inspection of a com¬
petent and reliable expert in such matters the quantity and quality of the present
available supply of phosphate rock at the several mines in Florida and the capacity
and facilities for producing future supplies for the markets, by the different jnining
companies and indivduals now operating in this State; also to ascertain th.e- 'present
supply and demand of such material in the markets of the world; and make'd complete
report of same to the delegates at the meeting to be held at Ocala, Hov., 19th, 1891.
Committee,
JITO. F. DUHH, Chairman.
Y. M. METCALFE,
WILLIAM R. KIHG,
T. B. STEPHEHS,
R. G. WRIGHT,
GEORGE W. WILSOH,
CECIL Y. BUTT, Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
The foregoing resolution was adopted hy the Convention as the basis of action.
Being vested with the authority by the Convention, the chair has appointed the
following committees :
Committee on Information, Data and Statistics, to be furnished to the meeting of
delegates at Ocala, November 19th : J. T. Lancaster, J, C. A. Sutor. W. R. King.
This committee is hereby empowered to increase its number if deemed necessary in
the thorough execution of its mission. It will materially aid the committee in its
labor if those interested in the Phosphate industry ; those familiar with any fact in¬
accessible ; those desiring to furnish the result of observation or experience, will con¬
fer a great favor on the committee by sending such information to J. T. LANCAS¬
TER, Chairman, Ocala, Fla.
Committee on Plan and Character of Organisation or Combination, to be submit-'
ted to the meeting of delegates on the 19th of November : Jno. F, Dunn, Chairman ;
Dr. Y. M. Metcalfe, J. I. Munoz, M. F. Simmons, M. C. Rerdell.
GEO. W. WILSON,
Attest: Chairman.
J. S. FRAZER.
Secretary. .
W. S. Mallory &, Co.
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This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to
the business of the Edison Iron Concentrating Co. Most of the letters are by
Walter S. Mallory, secretary-treasurer and general manager. Some of the
documents relate to a visit by Ira Miller, Lewis Miller, and Mallory to the
Ogden mill. There is also correspondence regarding the purchase of ore
property in the West and the acquisition of new crushing machineiy for the
Ogden ore milling plant.
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following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence about meetings; letters of transmittal and acknowledgement;
documents that duplicate information in selected documents.
January 9th, 1891,
A, 0, Tate, Esq.,
Care Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J,
My Bear Mr. Tate: — /
I telegraphed you thi s/moming, stating that Mr. Lewis
Miller, Ira Miller and the wri/er were talking about going East,
and that while there would ^'ike to see the Ogden mill in operation,
and asked you if it had smarted yet, and if not when it would, and
have ycur reply, stating that Ogden mill will not start until
about February lOth/for which kindly accept my thanks. This
ome difference about our going,
itfing you for prompt reply, I am,
Yours truly.
Will you kindly advise me whether the belt machine at
the laboratory is still in running condition. I have some new ore
which would like tested on the machine itBelf, and if the machine
is the same as it was when I last saw it, will have the ore shipped
to the Laboratory for trial.
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Please telegraph reply, and oblige,
Yours very truly
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You will rementoer while on the trip I 8p0ke to you
about a new set of crushing rolls that are being gotten up. I
herewith enclose You blue-prints of same, which will explain the
matter. I also enclose herewith letter in regard to same. And in
another letter from the parties they say that they are having a
lot of sample laboratory machines made, which they will have out
in the course of two or three weeks, and offer, if we so desire, to
send us one of these for experimental work. Shall I accept their
offer and send the model to you at the laboratory so you can see
what they are? The points they claim ibr it is the small ancunt
of power; the great capacity, and the great of the machine.
On a large machine there would be anywhere from 14 to 30 different
faces where it ^SS^together on the rolls, and when the rolls
are once worn a new face can be brought and when allvthe f^es
are gone the rolls can be taken out and cut again. They have
facilities for doing this. The rolls make from 900 to 1000
per minute J-awd I sent them some little time ago a lot of our
Humbo!dt hard ore, which they put through the machine once, and
it^came out finer than 40 mesh. Of course, I realize how you feel
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about these new machines, and that we hardly want to bother with
them; still as a matter of information as to what is going on, I
concluded to present the matter to you.
Kindly let me know whether you would want the machine
sent down or not.
Very tiuly yours.
[ENCLOSURE]
St. Paul, Minn. May 19th, 1891 .
Mr. W. S. Mallory,
Chicago, Ill.
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed heroin please find blue prints of the new roll
which please look through carefully and it might be vfell to mail
these to Mr. Edison. I am open for any remarks concerning this
roll. This blue print is of a small machine for laboratory work,
and you will notice has but seven different faces to wear out.
The larger the roll the more faces there will be. We recommend for
ordinary use ass' fourteen inch roll) on such a size three inches of
the periphery is consumed by each muring, part and grooves, so that
on a fourteen inch roll there would be fourteen surfaces to wear
out. You will note by the toggle that the roll revolves only one
twenty-first of a revolution; in other vfords the shaft will osei-
late on its own axis only one fourth of an inch. The half circle
appearing at the top of the blue print is a steel spring that re¬
turns the roll to its original position after each stroke. Thus
the moving portion of the machine is bound and held together,
running perfectly noiseless in the absence of ore.
I remain, dear sir, respectfully yours
[ENCLOSURE]
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IMPORTANT!
A PRACTICAL MACHINE, which dispenses with Sieves, Brushes,
Bolting Cloths and Settling Chambers.
THE
MUMFORD & MOODIE
PATENT ENGLISH
SEPARATOR”
Office: 119 South fourth Street,
from | PHILADELPHIA, PA.
GEORGE M. NEWHALL ENGINEERING Co., (Limited)
136 SOUTH 4th STREET, (Over.)
[ENCLOSURE]
THE MUMFORD & MOODIE
PATENT ENGLISH “SEPARATOR.”
We have examined into the merits of this simple and effective machine anal
recommend it highly to all those interested in procuring a thorough and unifbrnil
separation of ground products. ’M
The 11 SEPARATOR," briefly described, is an apparatus, self-contained,!'
without ventilation, wherein the same current of air, circulating continuously through
a descanding.stream- of .partially crushed material, separates the finer- particles from.thi-
coarser, the latter, being returned to the pulverizer, millstones, or rothim-grindii^
machinery, to be further, reduced.
It is used with perfect success by many parties upon Alkali, Basic Steel Slag,
Cement. Charcoal, Chrome Ore, Colors, Flint. Ginger, Gold Quartz, Linseed, Manganese,’
Phosphates, etc., etc., etc. The following named advantages of this machine are real and
of practical importance :
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Larger capacity than ordinary methods.
acquires no settling chamber.
Dispenses with sieves, brushes and cloths.
Having no weiring parts, it needs no repairs.
Small space and little power required. ' .
No 'dust escapes from the machine.
We have made many practical tests to prove the, efficiency of this valuable
invention, and will guarantee satisfactory results from every 'separator we sell. The
capacity of the 5-foot Machine is 1 to 4 tons per hour. ■
GEORGE M. NEWHALL & BRO;,
No. 119 South Fourth Street,
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1891. Mining - Edison Ore Milling Company, Ltd. (D-91-36)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the
Edison Ore Milling Co., Ltd. Included are inquiries regarding the amount and
value of Edison’s stock in the company.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence regarding ore samples, bills of the laboratory against the
company, and other company business; letters of acknowledgment and
transmittal; meeting announcements.
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A. 0. Tate Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
NEW YORK, July 9, 1891.
Your favor of July 7th is received and contents
noted.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of THE ORE MILLING
00., held the last of December, it vra s moved that the Vice-Pres-
iden, Mr. Insull and the Secretary, Mr. W. S. Perry, check Mr.
Edison’s accounts with THE ORE MILLING CO., and upon their certi¬
fication of the account as correct, to issue a demand note in
payment of the amount of said account.
When Mr. Insull returns I will bring the matter before him,
get the accounts checked, and will then send you a note.
Yours truly,
1891. Mining - Foreign (D-91-37)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mining and ore milling in Canada, South Africa, Sweden, and Venezuela.
Included are documents pertaining to ore samples sent to Edison and offers
to sell or rent mining properties to him. There is also a letter by T. Forster
Brown containing an extensive report on magnetic iron ore resources in
various regions of the world.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following documents have not been filmed: routine correspondence, with no
significant reply, relating to offers to sell or buy mining properties.
aft
Thos. A. Edison, i
Orange, N.Y.
Dear Sir
%
Toronto February 23rd. 1891- ^
/Vl,v vt s'* Myy
From my interview with you and also Mr. Bum! who
me to select a good Nickel property in the Sudbury DistriciJ
I herewith send you report of Prof. Frossard and analysis'^\Prj>f.
Donald. I think you will find this one of the most yaln*®l^#^j:
-erties in the Sudbury District, see Mr. Cowan's letted
enclosed. I shall not trouble you with a 18ng lette^
laid everything before you in a business way as nea5* ^/1 possibly v
can, in other words, "one word is as good as a thousand',/^ The
W ri
price is $60,000.00 for the whole lot to which you' must add 10 per
cent for my commision. You will see Mr. Cowan's proposition
herein. The property being so valuable and the prioe so very low
that the conditions are cash. I will be very much pleased to
hear from you as soon as you can make it convenient to reply to my
letter. This valuable property will not ranain long in the market
until it is picked up.
Yours faithfully,
J. Alexander McIntosh.
Address 76 McCaul Street, Toronto
Canada.
irfflE CtAMAMAM C5©PIPM (Bo*
COPPER-NICKEL OR
ro 109 SUPERIOR STREET.
Th0B» A. BdiBOJi, l?sq. ,
Oranf?0j N. J.
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Private Secretary T. A. Edison Esq.
Orange N. j.
. ...... June. 28th, . ffi ... 9 1
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Dear Sir;- •
In reply to your letter of the 23rd, instant we nay say
that we understand from Mr Bell that he wrote to parties in Detroit
and Quebec in reference to this* bonds and the writer also had corres¬
pondence with them. Mr Bell’s. last communication with them asked them
that as evidence of the bona fides of. the request of the bond-holders
to foreclose^! ch is necessary and proper before a trustee proceeds)
the bondshsidarx should be lodged in the Bank of Montreal at Montreal
This has never so far as we are aware been done. Of course these
bonds are scattered all over this country and the Continent we believe.
There is no doubt but that a great many of them are held in Paris am
Colonel Rhodes of Quebec is the person through whom we understand the
holders in Paris can be reached. We are not in a position tojglhow I
imny bonds he represents but he certainly would be the proper pSon
to communicate with so far as French bond-holders are concerned. In f
regard, to the lot which is held in Detroit Mr W.H.stevens^f^rt^ (
holding them. He holds a good many of them himself and his former part¬
ner Who has since died also held a good many but we believe Mr Stevens
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practically now directs the management of both shares ;at all events
.correspondence with him would result in his being able to give infor¬
mation bath about, his own and his partner’s interests. We understand
there would be no trouble about getting a sufficient quantity of bond¬
holders to make the request for a foreclosure and. a* anticipated that
4<?tion would have been taken before this. We think if there is a poss¬
ible disposition of the property in view they would act more promptly..
You rs t ruly ,
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I' net vice or Ur . Porry, Manager of the M. J. ft pft.
Concent rat inn Company, I take the liberty of asking you for an
intervi ev in record to your ore milling process. Parties in
Sweden wrote rae that they Imve an iron mine partly developed, they
having broken quite a quantity of ore: and finding the same to
contain about 20# of superior metal. These parties wish to lenow
all particulars obtainable about your invention, as they third?
it may be to their ad van t age to use the same.
itop.i-.ne you will kindly advise me when and where it vri.ll
be convenient for you to see me, X am.
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Mew York, November 5th., 1891.
are of New Jersey * Pa. Coi
Please inform mr, if you would join a syndicate, in purchasing and working
large Mines and an Asphalt. Tiake or Reds, of five hundred (500) acres, on a pro¬
perty of from seven millions (7,000,000) to thirteen millions (13,000,000) of
acres of lands, cut, up by deep navigat.able streams. The property possesses very
great wealth and is located in Venezuela, South America, on the Atlantic^Opeah ,
Orinoco River and its branches and is known as the Manoa Concession; the pn'i'ce
will be such, as to allow it to pay very large profits or dividends. ‘IKS
I also have a Gold Mine, which has been operated for quite sometime, locat'atf||M|
in Nova Beotia, which can be made ‘to pay very handsomely, by placing therefei^|j
a forty (401 Stamp Mill. Tt. is; believed by so doing, it could be made^^^^lj-'
of Sixteen hundred (#1,000.) dollars per day.
■ should be acceptable to you, T would be pleai
New York office, any 1
. full description of ea<
lalysis of the Sold Mine.'If impossible for yon
(per K. )
BUILDING-BROAD STREET
■m Y0RK
Thomas Maguire Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N,
Dear Sir:- 0
I hand you herewith, letter fr an Mr. Arthur Michaud
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ivember 16th, 1891.
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Edison. General electric company,
NEW YORK.U.S.A..
#.■ 'PHILIPS. DYER, European Sales Agent.
Telephone N?3I2S!
_ . December 7th _ ^0^L.
. Thomas Alva' Edison Esq
■ Orange, New Jersey.
sqJ&GEIVEd
DEC a 1 1891 ^
My clear Mr Edison
X enclose you a report on Magnetic Iron Ore, written ■
by Mr. T. Poster Brown, and sent to Mr Evan Thomas. Mr Evan Thomas is
. the gentleman who was with me this Pall at your mines, and sent -me .•
this copy to forward to you. Any information connected with the
working, and success of your' New wfcck Magnetic Ore Plant ' f,ill always
be of great interest to me. »
Hoping that yourself and family are well, X-
X am, dear Sir
Yours very sincerely,
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OOPY
GUILDHALL CHAMBERS,
Cardiff,
18th November 1801
My dear Evan-Thomas, -
Magnetic Iron Ore.
I have been looking up the question of Lauren-
tian Gneiss. Very similar rocks prevail in the West of
South Wales, the North of Scotland, and very extensively
in Brittany and central of Prance, and they also form
part of the Tramont and Vosges Mountains, but I cannot
find that Iron Ore has been found to exist except in
Scandinavia. A most important mass of these rocks ex¬
tend from Norway to Purland, and the most celebrated
Iron mines in Sweden, are upon these rocks, but whether
they have Magnetic Ore I cannot say. This will have to
be investigated. These rocks exist also in Saxony and
Bohemia with a great deal of white mica but I cannot
find whether they contain any Iron Ore. Ditto the Alps.
In the Pyrenees and North Spain there is a slight develop¬
ment of Gneiss which is intermixed with mica schists.
There may or may not be Iron Ore but there is no refer¬
ence to it as far as I can learn.
There is also an Area of these rocks in Algeria
and on the Eastern borders of Egypt also in South Western
Australia, on the Eastern Coast of Madagascar, and they
also exist extensively in South America: but so far as
I oan ascertain at present, Scandinavia is the Country
to investigate; and the question then will be, if mag-
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netio ore exists, whether it is sufficiently near the
Seaboard and so on: and the only way I can see, of ob-
taining this information is to send someone out to care¬
fully inspect the Swedish deposits, selecting those
which are conveniently near the Seaboard.
It may be, of oourse, that in the Pyrenees,
and in some of the other districts where Gneiss exists
that Iron Ore may be found because it appears to exist
in the Gneiss in some districts. The fact is, it will
require long and careful investigation.
At Gellivara in Sweden, magnetic and Specular
Iron Ores, enclosed and interlaminated with hornblendic
and quartzose rocks, form a bold hill; and there are
mines at Dannemora, which are in Crystalline limestone
and petrosilex. There is also a mine at Arendal, with
a considerable deposit of magnetite; and there are mines
at Schmiedeberg in Silesia, and the magnetite occurs in
lenticular masses or lenses parallel with the rock, sur¬
faces between the Gneiss and the Granite, or in the
Gneiss, associated with hornblendic and chlorite schists,
granular limestone etc. This appears to lie very well
for development if it is near the Seaboard. In this
case it appears to be worked. In Saxony and Piedmont
large beds of magnetic Iron Ore, in association with
copper and Iron-pyrites occur in talcose schists and
dolomites. There is some magnetite over diorite near
Brent in Devon, and also near Penryn, Cornwall.
I am sending you some Ore herewith from a
Crown mine in North Wales.
It is magnetic; I have not
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yet examined it, but of course I oan find out all about
it. At Elba there is a large amount of Magnetic Ore
in rocks which are strongly metamorphosed, and the age
of which are uncertain, lying in Strata of Crystalline
dolomite and mioa-schist, dipping at a high angle and
broken through by eruptive diorite and serpentine.
There is, of course, a great deal of Bron Ore in Canada
in the Laurentian Gneiss of v/hioh you know.
In Sardinia, hematite occurs in the Silurian
rocks of Acquaresi, Perdasterria and Funtanapeda near
Iglesias; and-magietite in Perda, Niedda and San Leone,
to the West of the Gulf of Cagliari. The width here
looks rather likely if the material is all right.
The rooks accompanying these magnetic lodes appear to be
contemporaneous with the green-stones of the Alps, and
specially with the Serpentines, Subordinate veins of
magnetite traverse the main lode from N.N.W. to S.S.E.
and fron N.N.E. to S.8.W. while at the crossings rich
ore deposits occur. The width sometimes reaches 26
feet. On the footwall the gangue is quartzose, while
on the hanging wall is magnetite varying from 26 feet to
33 feet in thickness mostly mixed with garnets. The
hanging wall consists of quartzpse slate which is sepa¬
rated from the lode by distinct clay selvage. As long
as the Ore was worked by open-cast it yielded a profit-;
but when an adit had to be driven, the production which
was formerly considerable, sunk in 1877 to 13,300 tons,
while in 1879 and 1880 no returns were made.
Elba mines appear to be worked and produce
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hematite, limohite, red Iron Ore and Magnetic Iron Ore
with siderate; the gangue is quartzose and Iron pyrites
is often present. The Iron ore is found in beds of
from 60 to 100 feet in thickness. There is a great
deal of Iron Ore in Piedmont. Veins of Magnetic Iron
ore occur in the Aosta Valley, at Cogne and at Traver-
sella, which formerly gave rise not only to numerous Iron
mines, but also to the erection of Blast Furnaces. This
extensive deposit varies fran 66 to 98 feet in thickness,
and consists principally of compact magnetic free from
pyrites. The Ore is of excellent quality and yields
about 50°/o of iron, being interbedded between yellowish
limestone and talc schist. There is a Crystalline Mag¬
netite worked in Italy in the Chinsella Valley. Crys¬
talline magnetite with a granular: structure yielding
from 40 to 50 per cent, of Iron, f0lmB the mass of the
celebrated deposit of Traversella, which courses from
N.W. to S.E. and haB almost a perpendicular dip. The
Ore forms beds, or perhaps contact veins, in greenstone
and it is accompanied by dolomite, caloite, quartz and
chlorite. In Lombardy Iron ocours as Magnetite at Zebu
and Savoire. There is some hematite at Quadramil, in
the province of Tras -os -Montes which may be followed for
a course of about five miles. It occurs in the lauren-
tian Rooks, and the Iron Ore veins in the Braganza dis¬
trict occur in these rocks. These beds have a gentle
dip, are frequently traversed by Quartz veins, and are
sometimes as much as 328 feet in thickness. They con¬
tain both red and Magnetic Iron ore, yielding from 39
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to 59 per cent, of Iron, and if there is a good locality
for carriage, this appears to be a likely spot.
The Island of Uto, a few miles south of Stock¬
holm, which consists largely of a highly felspatio gneiss
is traversed by numerous veins of granite. The Iron
ore deposit is embedded in the Gneiss and is associated
with mica slates, hornblende slates, halleflintas and
granular limestones, and is sometimes as much as 125
feet in thickness and consists of a mixture of Specular
Iron Ore, magnetic Iron Ore and Quartz.
The Iron Ore deposits of Gellivara in Lulea-
Lappmark are exceedingly rich; but they are very far
away. These deposits also occur in the Red Gneiss.
Magnetite occurs in a large number of deposits
on the Eastern side of the Ural chain, but of these only
few are worked.
The Magnetite deposits of the Blagodat moun¬
tains and of the Wisokaia Mountain are well known.
At present Magnetic Iron Ore appears to be
worked extensively at Dannemora, Norberg, Phillipstadt,
and Talberg in Sweden, and in the neighbourhood of Aren-
dal in Norway, in Russia and in Lapland. The largest
deposit known in Europe is probably at Gellivara in
Swedish Lapland, about 90 miles fron the head of the
Gulf of Bothnia. It has been worked from time immemori¬
al, at Traversella in Piedmont, and it is extensively
wrought at Berggieshubel in Saxony. It is also met
with at Nijina, Tagilske and Kuschvinsk in the Ural, and
in the Salem district in the Madras Presidency the de-
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velopment. of Magnetite is on a scale of extraordinary
magnitude, where whole ranges are composed of the mineral
in its purest condition.
In many cases these deposits would appear to be
not in the form of veins, but to occur as beds in the
same way as do the Gneissoi and schistose rocks with
which they are associated.
There are also large deposits in Japan but
these are of course very remote.
Important Ore masses of Laurentian age are
found in the State of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsyl¬
vania.
There appears to be a large deposit in the
township of Hull (Canada) . The deposit was opened in
the year 1854 and was worked for about 4 years for the
purpose of supplying certain furnaces at Pittsburg but in
1856 workings were suspended on account of the discovery
of the Newborough Mine which is more conveniently situat¬
ed for transport purposes.
An important deposit of Magnetic Iron Ore oo-
curs in an Island in Mud lake. Here it forms a bed 200
feet in thickness running N.E. and S.E. in Gneiss, ad¬
joining a crystalline limestone. Then again at South
Sherbrook, Canada, is a bed 12 feet thick of Magnetic Ore
and in the vicinity of Madoo there is another bed.
Magnetic Ore was formerly smelted at Marmora and was ob¬
tained from Belmont, and the deposit which is generally
known as the Big Ore Bed is said to be 100 feet in thick¬
ness. It is not, however, a single bed, but a succes-
[ENCLOSURE]
sion of beds of Ore Interstratified with layers of tal-
oose sohist and crystalline limestone with which are
associated Serpentine, chlorite diallage, and green epi-
dotic rock. Magnetite occurs in considerable quantities
in Cherry Bluff, Kamloops *ake, and on Iron Mountain;
and it is also reported to exist in a vein several feet
in width in a ravine half a mile below Nicoamen. There
is also a mine in Algeria in the department of Constan¬
tine where a large quantity has been worked for many
years .
This mine has communication by a railway about
20 miles in length with the port of Bone. The Ore here,
is generally a bluish or blackish mixture of very dense
hematite and magnetite and contains from 58 to 66 per
cent, of Metallic Iron, a portion however is soft and
can easily be worked with Gunpowder.
This is about all the information upon this
subject I can gather from literature, but you might look
«P "Ore Deposits" by J.A.Phillips published by Macmillan
& Co., and volume 2 of Prestwick's Geology.
Faithfully yours,
[Signed) T. FORSTER BROWN.
E.L.EVAN-THOMAS, Esq.,
Dock House,
Billiter Street,
london, E . C .
Quebec, 9th. -Dedetaber, 1801.
Thomas Edison Esq.
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir, :
^ECEIV_E£)
Mr Michaud of this City has communicated to me a letter
which he received recently from you, and in which you express a
desire to have a sample of iron sand forwarded to you, taken from
a deposit in the lower St Lawrence, in which he is interested. As
I had expected to be in New York shortly, Mr Michaud 1 believe wrote
you, that the sample would be taken on. by me. As however my visit
has been neeessarily delayed I take the liberty of today sending
you a sample of this sand by Express. I should esteem it a great
favour to have your. views as to its probable value and utility.
Should you desire any further information on the subject, I will
be pleased at any time to give it to you. Hoping to have the plea-
sure of a line from you on the subject.
I am, Dear Sir,
Yours very faithfully,:
Address, A. H. Cook
Advocate ,
Quebec.
The property in qixestion is .apt the Moisie
deposit but we claim a superior one and in
a more convenient locality.
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Chemical Room, Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison.
Analysis No . . Received . jZLftC-. . /.Z/f/ Completed . . LZ.^ZZL..
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1891. Mining - Mines and Ores (D-91-38)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mines and ores to be bought, sold, worked, or tested. Some of the letters deal
with the mining interests of individuals and companies who either wanted to
sell property to Edison or to have their ores tested. There are also inquiries
regarding Edison’s ore separation process. At the end of the folder is a 9-
page list of mining properties in New Jersey, with annotations by Edison.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. Most of
the letters selected for filming received a significant reply by Edison.
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Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Llewellyn Park, Orange, N. J*
Dear Sir: . C{
I have o ontro Ir^oP^J^o f ^'largeat 'and "0*
best mica properties in Hampshire* which\re for sadtr. As
I believe mica is an important factor for use in your Rories, I
would be pleased to know whether you would care to look over the
particulars of these properties, maps, reports, etc,, vdth a
view to the possible purchase of one or more of them for your own
use ? In order to enable you to look carefully into the
matter, it is needless to say but that you would have plenty of
time and every facility would be afforded you to find out as
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regards than before purchasing and I would be pleased to co¬
operate with you in any way I could, 'if desired.
Awaiting your reply. I am, my dear sir.
Respectfully yours, <
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far. Thomas H.Kdison,
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Pear Sir: -
Wo have a hemetit® ore mine, situated one-half mile from
Cornwall, station on the Flrie R..R,, The ore has been used with good
satisfaction at the Gold Spring, Peekskill .Greenwood, and Poughkeep¬
sie furnaces. If there is any nan at Peekskill in authority , we
should like to show him samples of the ore, with a view of inter¬
esting i|t| m the mine. There is some machinery in the mine, which
can be had at nominal price.
Very respectfully,
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Thos.L. Edison, E
Menlo Park, ^
Dear Sir:- ^
You will pardon the intrusion of a stranger in address
ing you, but I will preface my letter by stating that I have been
in this country for about ten years and am quite largely interest¬
ed in mines, mining property and mining ventures generally, and
believe I on familiar not only with the conditions but the needs
of the country from 8 mining standpoint,, and particularly relative
to the i difficulties to be overcome, and the constituents contained
in ’pres, of this section. We have a good deal of iron in the
form of sulphides ond a good deal of copper also largely in the
form of sulphide a, each carrying gold and silver. Copper of course
has a wariest value, the iron none, excepting for the gold and silver
it carries. I observe through the various mining.scientific and
gereral publications of the oountry.that you are giving a good
deal of thought, time and attention to the sub.ieot of treating
ore. through the medium of electrical processes. I therefor, take
the liberty of addressing y„„ nth a vim, that if it meets nth
your approbation when I go least this winter, I should like to
present you nth certain specimens of ores and get your ideas
of whether it would pay to turn my attention to the subject of
introducing electrical machinery on any particular properties
I **t have in hand. My general information that you mi^t
Second National Bank,
d,J: Helena' Montana- # 2 T. L. B.
see fit to impart, would be gratefully received.and I an satisfied
that there is no section of the United States that presents a
finer field for operation than Montana for any process or system
that will cheapen the cost of reduction of our low grade ores, of
which we have unlimited quantities.which owing to the scarcity of
lead and a large amount of silioa,makes the cost of smelting very
high.
Awaiting your reply.
TRANSPORTATION OF LUMBER, IRON ORE, COAL, &C.
No. 1 Broadway,
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Charles Batchelor, Esq.,
N. J. & Perm' a. Concentrating Works,
0gden3 burgh, N. J.
The follow is Mvr of a telegram vhich was received
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MORRIS COUNTY
MONTVIbLK TOWNSHIP*
Taylor Mine
Colo "
PHQUANNOCK TOWNS} IIP.
Kahart Mine,
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Lanagan *
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Ryerson 11
- Stony Brook Mine, P >0 -
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HENDHAM TOWNSHIP*
Jane 3 Mine
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HANOVER TOWNSHIP.
Beers Mine,
CHESTER TOWNSHIP «
Openings N E Potteraville
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Leak*
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Pitney Pam
Pottemville H E Mine
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Langdon
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Qullick
Creamer
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Samson
Hotel property
Oollia Mine
QSwayze
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Croager.
Hedges
Dickenson Pam.
Creamer
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Leake
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RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP.
Van Doran
Henderson
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Trowbridge
Munsons
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Lewis & Herrick
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Randall Hill 0 T>'
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ROOKAWAY TOWNSHIP.
Decker Mine
Pikes Peak or Siorw
Meriden Mine J ?Split ttP0Bn rona
„ * , t... , a . Haycnport White MaadowiS fr P.)‘&
Beach & Montank D- %*■ P‘5 Rockaway Valley Mne*Hibomia Minee^DCo
ux*oii2ixvcL ■ vr«oWiv.«;^AH _
Gould Mine Howell Tract Mine „ ,
)nwBr oo k . Swe ode s Mine V ?']. po Beach Qion uiM3> &S>- P(ar°
■J ?Split Rook Mine D 70 Green Pond ^
Orchard
H E Baker
Copperaa
Mt* Hope Mines X)
Charlottenburgh P. I™*
Huff
Pis her
Washington Porge
Richards P
Batt
Hiokoiy Hill
Denmark
' Mto' Hope
Cobb of SiiUI-rwak
RrgWev
Mont Ploasnnt j3 7jt
Allows <.5: p.-y
Toabo P. ijf
Ooghill
Jolenson Hill
Black Vein
Kitohell Tract
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ftxvAcc-
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MORRIS C 0 U N I Y. (Continued)
ROXBURY TOWNSHIP.
azO Steven a B-W? P-i
cctrs C, Solomon
s, Drake a
Osborn JM4'
v'Hilt JD 7sr P-o-
Baptist Church Mine
King Mine —
Gove Mine
Lowronco P-o $-<?/.-
Stanhopc or Hurt a
High Ledge shield
i cnn Cofei Mine-
MOUNT OLIVE gOTOSiOP,
Shouue
Smith
Applogato
cfTTQ Drake
JKEPBRSOK TOWNSHIP.
Oraniar
Lawrence
exiX3>Mt» Olive Mino — .
axils Osborne— .
Nolans PointJD/o
Hurdtown Apatite
Hurd
Lower Weldon
Bass
DuffyS '70 -/
Pord & go ■
Tuomey
Davenport-D 60
Shongum
Waldo nJD S’o&jo
Goble
Prase y
Dodge
SoofieldJQ 90
Opening near Rt R,
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
Langdon’s Openings
Beattystovm Mine
Dickinson’s TV*/-
Hann
fcrStoutenburgh
Hunt
Naught right
cgtfcs Hopioj. _
Bai*tloy villa Mine
Mar ahP.^-@ io d'uUhJ, Sae^Ur. L P.g
Sharp
Hunt
Pisher
Lake
Rarick
Poole
Beers Mine, Morris Plains,
Morris County,
c~\TXi£ (v^stio^y^ Co Hu**, C^w/vf | ~
-mot Crop can he faf&iueJ a. <^>xecAr d - rtencc •
Jvvt.Hw M « on ALePyi
Xuwrence aiten/
HUM IBRD OK COUNTY,
HIGH BRIDGE TOWNSHIP.
Taylor Mine - • - Silver Thorne or Kane. Emery Mine
C re gar Old Furnace •
TEWKSBURY TOWNSHIP,
Cokeaburg Mine
Sutton
Opdyka
lane
Squires.
Burrell Mine
EottoKjville
Wortman
Rinehart
Fisher or Fox Hill Kno
Bartles
Miller
Prime
BETHE1EHEM TOWNSHIP.
Bethlehem Mine
Turkey Hill or West
Alpaugh
Ashbury & Miller
Wright
- ' • - Van '-Sickles or Church
End. Swayze
Wild Cat
Case
.'Rodenbaugh
Ashbury
May bony
Rodenburgh
Petty
5 Yoder, ck
Hcrri,
Banghoart's Mine
Fritis
Hunt or Pidcock
Alvey Gray
LEBANON TOWmst-itp.
Wray - Near Whitehall
Whitehall E,
Bvoland
Terraberry . '
'Bast Oastner
Mat ti son.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP.
High Bridge JD p. U. ,(„h.s. Langes
Aumandale
Hager
Naif - Hematite.
H011AHD TOWNSHIP.
Buokyrarth
Bloom
ALEXANDER TOWNSHIP
Martin.
Openings Z M W of Pottenburg, Alexander Township, Hunterdon
°°* htft-c M,l«
Llii i o n 'To u, » f (i i p -
Yau S ickfes Mine..
ad i(r«A -
Slck^f mix anead deaf otter t vn^tetdt N £ af Mint-, i» tf,,.- l/l_ S w oL^e.L
SUSS K X conn T Y
Silver Mine .. •
Smith or Cascade
©Nude or Stanhope
Roseville
Lawrence
BYRAM TOWNSHIP.
Hacce-rty P M 5 if/ 6- French
Allis Wright or lludd
Gai'ney Brookfield
McKean 03. Byerly
GRSEHTOWHSKIP „
Glonaon,
AndoverD e*)o.
Ipngoore
AKDOVBR^OreSHIP.
Sulphur Hill
©Tai‘ Jlill
• Cauistear
©Williams
Rutherford Estate
VERNON TOWNSHIP
, Tracoy & crane
©Parker
Hunt
V/avmyandaJ) itrt&i'o sv»\m.d,i. Wellinrc=s23?.
©Wright Bird
Kendo rso n
Q-Dixo n Keir3 '
Green Mine -D 72.
0 Knapp
Greer Para
Kill Mine
HARBYSTOH 'TOWNS]-; IP »
Prank lin Iron Co. Hopewell P-ir^craxm. T
Pumaco Mine or Pikes Peak Mina.
Sickles
©She rman
Sterling Hill.
SPARTA TOWNSHIP.
.Goble;
, ■ ' ©Bunker
N & ‘j Gi cars
i(%*
Silver Mnw marftj all S*me •» Wk *
G»Vfrcn Mold 4<mcj /ieci£.U»u^ fj awJo. ^cwv»c*.ce _ _
PASSAIC COUNTY
POMPTON TOWNSHIP.
''Beam Mine
Butler Mine
Rhein3iaith
Ringwood Min<
little Red
Cannon
Miller
Hope
Brown Mine
Wynokie P
Monks
Hard
Blue
St. George
Coopor
Winslow a ward
Kanouse Mine i ,o<pfdh.1tcZ
Wellington
Board _ >
little Blue
Bush g o -D -|a
Cook
Peters
Kimble
Clinton Traot
Wallis
W. MI IFOR]) TOWNSHIP.
Budd & Hunt
Jennings & Rutho rfo r.
Wallace
Stjuiers
Vroeland
© Centennial
Scranton and Rutherford Openings,
SOHSHSSI COUNTY
BERNARD TOWNSHIP .
Eornardsville Mine.
W A R R E'H C 0 U If.J y
Schuler
OXFORD TOWNSHIP,
Roaeboriy
Barton
Shosmako r
Reddell
Little
Raub
Pequast
Hoit
Smith
Deals
Honclorahat 0
r Hoagland
Smith
HOPE TOWNSHIP.
be, at a
Mendsrshat
Kispaugh
-Inschow .
Stiff
Williver and Godfrey
GREENWICH TOWNSHIP,
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
Chapin & Lomanason. Lanrtii^i-rr-gr* Oxford Furnace .
Ssarle *
Stinson
Albertson
Cumins-D 7 S'&vo
Barker or Bulkin
Gray
INDEPENDENT TOWNSHIP >
Bucksliill
Garrison
Shaw
Sehaoff'er
Day
Potter
Davis
Carroll
SI iaws P'0 S-9
Howell .
l3roakficW.43 yo. P CZU*
. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP .
Cline - Hematite • smith .
Creag«t*
Bald Pate
Shafer
MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP.
Mitchell Johnson
cCXXESgbert Church Rockport
Stephensons Shafer or Welsh
Fraoe
Axford
Eureka
Brookfield
Wintennute
. ALIAMUCHY TOWNSHIP »
CEsruxp Young — *£- — '
Bryant
Haggerty
or Waterloo, Livsey Tunnel Mine,
Hibbler '
Pyle
Excelsior
Marring
Tuni3on
Howell Farm Mines N ond Jenny Jump Mountains, Warren County,
Stiawi - alC„ /*!„-»<« tzWskfi* jo^v, .
S ecuipe. -CvnsiAi rntfe tenjlK of- (glxt ctiZZ , ,
TOWNSHIP AND GOUHTy LOCATION UNKNOWN,
Sharps 1 1/2 N K of High Bridge
Binary Parra 1 ra. E H E High Bridge
Breamer
■ Openings Z M V/ of Pattenbnrg, Alexander Tov/nahip,
Hunterdon County.
' • 'Greenville Mines \ „
Chester Iron Co’s Mines ) 1 al* Charlot tonbui‘C I t hi n&.
Botts Pan.n
Case Mine near Fottenaburg
Union .Church near Morton
Vrr^ihr:-:-- T.o _ f. S3
Marble Hill, Phillips but*;, ' Warren Co,
' Kinearci Minos,
Hamburg Lasers Leases, 20. in number,.^
Cramer Mine Z M E, Kackettstown
Wame & Shouso Tunnel, 1 1/4 n, E. Kackettatown.
Smith Mine,
atfcraotlo, *4 £ "£5 « ««-
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1891. Mining - Ogden Mine (D-91-39)
This folder contains correspondence pertaining to activities at Edison’s
Ogden mine. Included are letters and telegrams by Edison relating to visitors,
employees, and supplies. There is also correspondence regarding the
establishment of a post office at the mine.
All the documents have been filmed except for duplicate copies of
selected items.
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[TO JOHN RANDOLPH]
[AUGUST 1891]
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[ENCLOSURE]
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SAMUEL INSJJLL, N
THOMAS A. EDISON, President.
THOMAS BUTLER,
. New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works,
GENERAL OFFICES:
EDISON BUILDING, BROAD STREET.
NEW YORK.
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DAVID S. ALLEN, President.
A. KANOUSE, Treasurer
we-)., , -&op-t. — 12-th. — .QJ _ yH^?
A D. Tate. Esq
Orange M J
Dear Sir:- Yours on' the Uth Inst, .lust recieved to Young and myself
was not aware that the worhs wer not going „ Supposed ^
war in operation..! have learned from ihe Conductor who runs one of tie
Tiains on the Ogden Hail Hoad that ihe Concentrating Co has sent to
Kington a Petition to have a Post Office Established at the worhs
now i have boon employed in the P 0 Dept for the last Eighteen Years
d wil... give you a Pointer write to the Congressman of this District
Mr Cadamous of Paterson to tahe the case in hand as tile Depart**
” V°ry 81 W ^ Kfftabli8hia«' tost <«*«•■ i? the Congressman of this
District does not push it for you.
Very Hespectfply 'lours,
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1891. Motion Pictures (D-91-41)
This folder contains correspondence pertaining to the kinetograph and
other motion picture equipment. Some of the letters are inquiries from the
public seeking information about the kinetograph, suggesting improvements
in it, or applying to buy or rent machines for exhibition or sales purposes.
Also included are letters from Dyer & Seely, Edison’s patent lawyers
regarding patent applications and assignments by W. K. L. Dickson and John
All the documents have been filmed.
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Journal of Agriculture Co.
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Thos. A. Edison, Esq*, - ^ K (
Llewellyn Par]j,l Orange Co., N,Y.
The description o f your Kinetograph in Harpers Weekly
impels me to write you with a view to obtaining the privilege of
using the mechanism which you enploy to move the ribbon of photo¬
graphic film, in a system of au^ati c telegraphy which I am endeav¬
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strip of paper in which the characters will be punched, instead of
written, as has been the practice in other systens of automatic te¬
legraphy; the punched strip then to be passed through apparatus
which will repeat the message on a s>ounder at suitable speed for
transcription, in the ordinary way, or -to be sent over another
line by running through the ordinary autonatic- transmitter. I
should like to know if y0u would be willing to allow the use of
your device under royalty for this purpose, and if so what royalty
and also the probable cost of the apparatus* My plans require
. that the paper move at about the speed of the film in the kineto¬
graph and so far I have not been abl e to devise any method of
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DYER & SEELY.
Ootober 10, 1891i
John F'« Ott,vBsqv,
Edison's laboratory* Orange, N. J‘»
Dear SirJ-
Will you please give me a little additiomtinformation
in regard to the construction and operation of the following parts
of your Ootti Oon trolldtf Kinetos cope apparatus:
‘She cirouit‘-obntrbilCr')and the means for moving the same
to close the dimwit* and, after the pictures have been seenjtnoving
it again to open the circuit^ What is the purpose of the worm and
'woMMrheel at the Upper left corner of figure 2? X seems to be
« detent lever keeping this wheel' from revolving }j/cat but just how
the tiling works I do not seev What kind of a connection is there
between She lever* marked X and; Y^ and to what is V connected?
What operates the register?
f suggest that you make one or two free hand sketches of
the cirouit-opntroller and means for operating it, and send it to
me with the endowed drawingV I should be glad to have this aa
soon aa convenient'.
Yours truly*
Enclosure'*
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MUSIC FOE THE EYE.
Paradoxical as it may appear to speak of noiseless music,
which would seem even more mythical than "the music of the spheres;
nevertheless such an expression is correct in the sense we are
about to apply or describe it. Some years ago a Doctor Buchanan,
of Kentucky, conceiving that an affinity existed between the rays
of light as found in the rainbow and the notes of music, proposed
to furnish a concert for the eye; arguing, and it would seem
correctly so, that the eye was as capable of experiencing pleasure
by an harmonic rise and fall of the several rays of light as the
ear does by the accordance of sweet sounds. Now mark the analogy
between music and light. The gamut is made up of seven notes:
the primary colors also, according to Newton, are seven. In
music, certain notes chord, others struck in unison produce dis¬
cord; so with colors, certain ones harmonize, others do not blend.
Again, there are different shades of color, and these correspond
to the notes in music which lie above and below the line. By
systematizing the primary colors with their various shades - that
•is, light or dark, dull or bright, corresponding to high or low,
and sharp or flat in music - cannot an instrument be devised
which, by suddenly flashing and blending colors that harmonize,
will delight the eye as music low does the ear? This would be
music the deaf might revel in. Perhaps the old fable of Memnon's
harp, which was said to have discoursed sweet melody when acted
upon by the rays of the sun, may after all have been a truth.
From "The American Artisan". Sept. 5, I860.
1891. Patents (D-91-42)
This folder contains correspondence to and from Edison’s patent
attorneys and agents, along with other documents relating to domestic and
foreign patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent matters.
Included are letters pertaining to patents for the electric lamp, the
phonograph, and ore milling machinery. There are also letters congratulating
Edison on the successful outcome of Edison Electric Light Co. v. U.S. Electric
Lighting Co. and reports by attorney Sherburne B. Eaton to the Patent
Litigation Committee, which was created to review the status of pending
interferences. Many of the letters are from the law firm of Dyer & Seely.
Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence about patent issues and renewals, application fees, taxes, and
other routine patent transactions; letters of transmittal and acknowledgement.
m/
MR. EATON'S
MEM. OF BUSINESS
PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE,
January 12th, 1891.
[CONFIDENTIAL]
PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE.
MR, EATON'S MEM. FOR MEETING;' JANUARY 13, ’ 1891,
NEW JERSEY THREE WIRE CASE. This was argued before Judge
MoKennen in May, 1889. He lost the papers,' forgot the case, and on
the 31st ult. ordered a re-argument. He is going to resign and this
is the only old case undecided.
May I retain Mr.- Betts to assist at the re-argument?
II.
NEW JERSEY ..FEEDER .CASE. Mr. .Samuel Betts .and Mr.. Jenks are
taking Sir. William Thomson’s deposition at Glasgow. The Westinghouse
Company have sent Mr. Terry over to .oross-examine. .Professor
Chandler,' our witness,' is still under oross-examination here. Mr.
Brevoort,' also our witness,' is about to be examined by us in rebuttal.
This case is being pushed with great vigor and we hope to close it
within a month. It is by far the most difficult case we have,
III.
OUR PROPOSED NEW SUITS. On. the 15th ult. the Board of the
General Co. directed me to prepare a list of good patents to sue on,'
both incandescent and railway. Those lists have been prepared,' and
I shall submit them to the Committee. The listswill be submitted at
the next meeting of the Board.
IV. .
PERKINS SWITCH PATENT. For business reasons,' we have
decided not to acknowledge this patent. We are now making an
exhaustive search for anticipations,' but .thus- far without much suc¬
cess. Mr. Buckinghame tells me that he is going to sue us on this
patent for the Perkins Co. I have secured the opinion of Mr.
Edison,' Mr. Dyer and others,' but we are by no means certain as yet
but what the patent oan"be sustained’..
V. .
OUR EXISTING SHITS AGAINST .PERKINS , CO ■ ON LAMP DETAILS-.- We
are making progress in these suits,' but rather slowly. Mr. Wetmore
is the Counsel for the defense,' and his engagements prevent his going
ahead fast. However,' we have no particular ground for complaint as
yet.,' as patent suits go.
ma
2.
y.i . ■
EXISTING SUIT AGAINST OS ON FIELD RAILWAY PATENT. The
Plaintiffs are doing nothing in this suit, so I have not yet gone
to the expense of. retaining Counsel. It will be time enough to
do that when plaintiff begins,.
.OLD M6KEESP0RT CASE. I.-would^like-authority, t6-pay,a:small bill
to Mr. Sharp relating to this old case,' and shall make an explana-
tion about it to the Committee.
VIII,
PENDING APPLICATIONS. IN PATENT OFFICE. I advise that we out
off some of this expense by discontinuing certain applications.. .. I
shall be prepared to report to the Committee at length..
IX.
FILAMENT CASE. Judge Laoombe finally decided that Mr.
Edison's divisional application may be put in evidence by the defense.
This is being done to-day. -It rather looks now as if this oase would
be argued when Judge Wallace sits again;’ the last of February.,
. Xv
RETAINER TO MESSRS. Mo DONALD,' TOPPER. PHIPPIN and TOPPER,
WINNIPEG. This Annual Retainer of $350. we have renewed, for reasons
which I shall state.
Will' the Committee approve?
XI -■
MR. STETSON'S EMPLOYMENT. By request of Mr. Lowery I em¬
ployed Mr. Stetson' at a reasonable rate to assist Mr. Clarke in pre¬
paring a. digest of the testimony in this case.
Is my action approved?
XII.
MR. LOWERY'S RETAINER AND BILL-.- I shall be prepared to make
an explanation to the Committee and get their instructions.
.XIII.
RE HUNTER. MR. BATE'S BILL AND MONTHLY REPORT. I shall
be prepared to make an explanation about this.
XIV..
■ PROFESSOR BARKER'S RETAINER. Shall we renew: this for 1891,
V'
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the Retainer being $500? I recommend it.
XV..
; • RETAINING MR,. BUCKINGHAMS. I was authorized at the last
meeting to retain Mr. B.. if satisfactory arrangements oould be made.
I think he asks too muoh, considering that the Thomson-Houston Co.
will have the first, olaim upon him.. However, I shall be prepared
to report to the Committee, and ask for instructions.
Respectfully submitted,
General Counsel.
LAW OFFICES, >,
36 WALL STREET,
Tate, Esq. ,
Dear Sir:-
NEW York . February 18, 1891. .
We are informed that before Mr. Edison applied
for hi spat ent on the Motor-Meter patewttNo. 242,901 he conducted
a series ef experiments with th-a working Met^^nd that those ex¬
periments were recorded by John fltt in certain of the Edison note¬
books. We would like to ascertain from Mr. Ott what those expe¬
riments were, and have him hunt thorn up his note-hooks containing
«n account of those experiments.
Yours truly.
DYER & SEELY.
A. 0. Tats, Esq. ,
Dear Sir:-
LAW OFFICES, laam ,,
February 12, 1891.
W« are informed by Mr. W. S. Andrews that t he
repord-books kept by thom^whilo at the Goerck Street Works are
pWebably at the Laboratory. We have had the vaults in New Torit
searched, but do net find th$m ^hore. Will you kindly have ait ■
investigation set on foot at the laboratory to find these note¬
books? We are anxious to have thorn at owoe.
jours truly,
DYER 4, SEELY.
V OFFICES, „
. February 18, . 1891.
A. 0. Tate ESq.,
Dear sir,-
We return herewith our bill rendered iTanuary
31at, which was enclosed with your letter of the 16th inst., in
which you requested ua to state what cases 906 and 907 were on.
Case 906 covers the use uf a parchment belt and. sprocket
wheels, and -case 907 covers the use of a magnet operating the
tilting bar on the diaphragm arm.
I* regard to Mr. Clark# ( Clark* vs . Edison) We beg to state,
that we do not know just who this Mr. Clark*!*, 'e^^that the
declaration of interference states that he is a resident of Pitts¬
burgh. This interference was only recently declared and imp on
the use of a single diaphragm with^th£ recording and reproducing
points thereon.
As requested, in making out future bills we will state
briefly what each case is on.
Yours very truly, j,,
/Ye/V*
DYER i- SEELY.
new YoRK..Z0.b.,p.uary. . 20,....1891, .
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
T°ur two favors of the 18th in.t. received. We will
have search made at the New York vaults of the Edison Company for
^Otfs note-books. We wish you wo uld have search made for the
^model, and if 'found, notify us.
Yours truly.
[ATTACHMENT]
DYER & SEELY.
T. A. Edison Esq. ,
LAW OFFICES,
36 WAUL STREET,
, . 1891.
In view of a pencil note made by you on a
specification recently sent you to sign, in which specification a
motor was described having an armature formed, by winding a long
iron strip into a convolute ooil, the convolutions being separated
by paper, and the core thus formed being/grooved on its sides, we
h**va obtained a copy of patent to Brush No. 336,087 and send it to
you herewith. /
When we originally drew /the specification, it included
claims to the armature made as a6ove indicated, but before sending
the specification to you, Mr. Ratlin happened to see this Brush
patent while making a search/on another matter in Washington, and
the claims to the armature /Vere accordingly stricken out. You wil]
notice that the Brush parent dates back to 1884.
Yours truly.
EATONS, LEWIS
S.B. EATON
Dear Sir
^-9V(f-</wCf/y { EQUITABLE BUILDING)
I beg to hand you enclosed a copy of my mem, for •
the next meeting of the Patent litigation Committee, which will
probably take place within a day or two, although the exact date
is not yet fixed.
Very truly yours,
ydd
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,
[ENCLOSURE]
MR. EATON’S
MEM. OF BUSINESS
PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE.
March
[ENCLOSURE]
[CONFIDENTIAL]
PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE,
MR. EATON’S MEM. FOR MEETING, MARCH . 1891.
FILAMENT CASE. The testimony is all taken, the Counsel on both
sides are at work preparing for the hearing, and when Judge Wallace
sits on March 23rd, an early day will doubtless be mutually agreed on
for the argument. Messrs. Seward, Lowrey and Dyer will speak for us,
and probably Messrs. Duncan and Wetmore- for the defense.
FEEDER CASE. Mr. Jenks has returned from Glasgow with Sir
William Thomson’s deposition. The examination of our Witness,' Pro¬
fessor Chandler, on the alleged analogy of water distribution, which
is strongly relied upon by the defense, .is ended. The cross examina¬
tion .of Mr. Brevoort, another one of our experts, is in progress. Mr.
Charles L. Clark is also being examined for us, as to questions of fact.
It now looks as .if all the testimony would be taken in time for the
case to be heard in April.
III.
THREE WIRE CASE. Pursuant to your authority given me at your
last meeting, January 12th, I have retained Mr. Betts to assist Mr.
Dyer in the reargument of this New Jersey three wire case. A date for
argument will soon be fixed,
METER CASE. We called Mr. Brevoort as an expert to help us
make out our jjri.qa .facie case, and he is still under cross examination.
Mr. Dyer has charge of this case for us,. but owing to his almost con¬
stant occupation in the Filament Case, progress is slow.
LAMP DETAILS SUITS. We have some hope that the testimony in
these cases against the Perkins Co. will be ended in time for them to
be heard in May. Mr. Wetmore’s many engagements make it hard for
our lawyer, Mr. Burdett, to proceed speedily. Testimony has been
recently taken in Philadelphia, Hartford and Pittsburgh.
71.
EXISTING FIELD RAILWAY PATENT SUIT AGAINST US. Mr. Marble,
[ENCLOSURE]
formerly Commissioner of Patents, 'recently called on me and stated
that he had been put in charge of 'Plaintiff ’s case. He asked for
further time in which to file a Complaint, and we allowed him until
April. The suit was begun against the Jamaica and Brooklyn R. R. Co.
last July, and the Sprague Co. assumes the defense.
I. assume that.it is our policy not, to hurry up the ’Plaintiff..
In fact, we care not if they never go ahead.
QUESTION; Shall we give plaintiff all the time he wants?
VII.
■ STIERINGER FIXTURE PATENTS. The General Co. [successors of
Bergmann & Co.] 'held a 'license for these patents under a contract with
Mr. Maitland. He has recently terminated our said license, for al¬
leged non-payment of royalties, and has retained counsel, against us,
namely, Messrs. Philipp, Phelps & Hovey, of this city. The Fixture
Association have arranged to take licenses under these patents, and we
have been threatened with a combined attack, as infringers. Mr. Insull
regards this matter as important, and has recently instructed me to
protect the General 'Co. and to prepare for a fight. ’Unfortunately,
Messrs. Dyer & Seely would not serve us, as Mr. Dyer is a part owner
of the patents, in question, and his firm has always acted in support
of them. Mr. Mai tland recently had two suits pending on these patents,
one against Iden & Co. .of this city, and another against a fixture firm
in Chicago. Much testimony was taken, the lawyers for the defense
having gone into the subject thoroughly to break down the patents.
Mr. 'Dickerson appeared against the patents, aided by Mr. Bate as counsel
and by Mr. Bogart as expert. In a recent deal between Mr. Maitland and
others including these defendants, these suits were dismissed, where¬
upon Mr. Dickerson was at orice retained by the Fixture Association,
which is new interested in supporting the patents. Hearing of this
and knowing the advantage of having on our side parties who had fought
vigorously against the patents in the above two suits, I promptly re¬
tained Mr. Bate and Mr. Bogart for us, before it was toe late, that
is to say before they were also retained by the Fixture Association.
By retaining them, we can avail ourselves of all the defensive work
dene in the other suits, if we are sued. Mr. Bogart’s retainer is
4150. for a year, plus a paid guarantee of $100. for services at the
rate of -445. per day. Mr, Bate’s retainer [which, however, is only
partial, as I shall explain verbally] is 4250.
•QUESTION; Is my action in retaining Mr. Bate and Mr. Bogart
approved?
VIII.
WHELESS EDECTRIC RAILWAY PATENTS. The General Co. is in¬
vestigating the Wheless System of underground conductors now exhibited
at Washington, and I expect instructions from the Executive Department
to make a report on the Wheless patents. Our own experts already
have more than they can do, and it will- be necessary to employ outside
[ENCLOSURE]
olP'teo.'eP"‘ '» P»PO„S
aught, not to cost
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IX.
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£^r~."sit5 £SSSSSSr?S
«» then -brown .g.mst u, ^ * *Ml
irird £
ss.
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tisd up fn's™"1 lnS‘'”'Ud M lb. -a.n.r.1 -Oo. h„ „My
brought against the. on this pat”? f u "U>
' , p0sslble injunction against then, has now constructed a i
J f: » 'hioh “« “>•*■ «- »b Mu. I.sull ”
'T, °n lL The qUestion cf infringement is compli¬
cated ana covers the vast field of dynamo inventions, reaching back
c tne earliest years of electrical apparatus. Knc ing i v u!d ■'
ake many wee s fcr a new man to familiarize himself wifi, the ,lZl
Mr EdwInT ° d SC,"ebCdy already Wel1 inf°rraed- 'Fortunately * -
Mr Edwin H. Brown was free, and I have just secured his aid in this
TbI:;;, c^r^xr^; rr Diokerscn' 110011
aid and that of Mr. Bobbie of ?
;l we br to find thot — aut°—
,, , . , 61 ™er kfle sa*d new Sperry ‘Regulator or
c .ner, wmcn will not infringe the Thomscn-Houstcn Company patents
l r:,? .r:: °r; tMs.”u*r 'm *• ~ >» Pr.i
patents. & g Waloh n°t infringe existing hostile
QUESTION:
Is my action in retaining Mr. Brown approved?
[ENCLOSURE]
must defend. Thssa qnih ° . p £ue Co. customer, and we
in the 'U. S. Court for the To t .^DiJt^of Tenr PateDtS’ ^ "*
sink Mountain*. *. ’Co. at leadina 'to ? ** agalnsfc Lhe 'Never-
three suite: Tbese are the patents in the
Cl] Hunter Patent of April, 1890, No. 426 'SR? nn
comoination of the overhead conductor, a motor ’ 1 "
circuit, and a circuit n a oar’ a “otor
2= S~5?5t
on current collecting device for electric railwlys A s lg ’
held a current collecting arm so that it trails backward alsS
H ~ - r:.£"r
adjusted current device for electric rli^s ’ * la^alJy-
C3] H.unter Patent 'No. 4?4 ?nv
£:
aid '» itL^311 repare 0Ur anSW6rS in tHese new suit* with Mr. Vansise's
aid, without employing counsel. s
QUESTION: Shall I ,
suits, if needed?
e Mr. Betts and Mr. Seely in these new.
XI.
RE HUNTER, ■ Our investigation of Mr. Hunter’s history in
oraer to break aown his false claims as an inventor, is progressing
satisiactorily. Mr. Bate has especial charge and ic jn;„rt , g
I'Jr “nvf'r i° »■« f« »uw. i, „a„ L%°.” ”
ana perpetuate testimony, and to get important parties to give us their
time. . This is unavoidable in cases of this sort w« wJ! ? . ,
[ENCLOSURE]
S
QUESTION:
above?
is my action approved in spending money
. . . 0 ~° CABB0M ^BATMENT SUIT AHATNHT ns In ay Mew, for
aatea ^September 36, 1889, I stated that the Westinghouse Company
were aesirous of making an arrangement to go on with this suit against
consent VrWn Trent°n Treatraenfc Suit- They wanted us to
consent to take our testimony and to have the case argued with the
vigoro^lT 'Q8i ^ Y°Ur d80isi0n was thak we si>ould fight the case
Vigo ousiy, ana also press our patent suit against them, The result
was tnat tney abandoned this suit for the time being.
this suifSSnrfS\!!err * °UrtiS n°W n°tify 108 that they »i«h to revive
h y asked for' l "7 ^ reqU6St f°r a" a"*««"«t such as
tney askea for ln September, 1889, as stated above. We claim that
we oo not. use this, invention, although .we did use it, to a slight
extent when the sui t was brought. The lawyers for 'Plaintiff tell
to shu unerW1Sn n f %favorab^' Judgment on this patent in-order
d° ! f" P ! Sma11. amp fa°tories which are carrying on business and
^rowing. I recommend that the policy adopted by you a year and a
naif ago as stateo above, be -reiterated now.
QUESTION:. Shall we make any arrangement about this suit?
AN. ASSISTANT 'FOB MR. 'JENKS. Our Contract with Mr. 'Jenks was
for two years with an option for three years more. He is now in his
seconl, year wmch^expires October 1, 1891. We are paying him *3,600.
•fop this year, ana office expenses. For the past year, three-fourths
of nis time has been spent as an expert witness in eight of our suits
Possibly the most involved and scientific issues in any of our suits ’
are in the Feeder Case. Mr. 'Jenks has rendered important service in
S Win '* t 3S an e-PSrt WitneSS “d 38 3n a88i8kant k° Mr. Betts,
. "O"180", anQ specially Professor Chandler.. Under the old
p an of niring experts by the day, the. services which Mr. Jenks -has
rendered in the Feeder suit alone, would have cost us more than h'
yearly salary. -All agree that he makes an admirable expert witness
ana we expect to use him in other -suits.. He is continually -'ailed ’
upon to make investigations about patents and to advise with our .lawyer,
experts and engineers. He already has more than he can do, and needs
an assistant, one who understands the technical part of cur business
ana is competent, to. make investigations and reports. Rarely can
sucn a man be found, but just, new one is available. I refer to Mr.
Eawin W. Hammer, who is just, now free. He could probably be had at
a reasonable salary, and I recommend that we engage him, if possible.
Tne position is fairly worth a salary of about *1,200, to begin with.
QUESTION: Shall we engage Mr. Hammer?
[ENCLOSURE]
V
■xiv.
■MEW SUIT -AGAINST US OH CARBON BRUSHES, Messrs. Kerr & Curtis,
Counsel for the Westinghouse Company, notify me that an alliance for
ofiensrve purposes in . patent suits has been made between their Company
ana the Thomson-Houston Company, and. that a suit will at once be
brought against us on several patents in behalf of this combination.
Kerr & Curtis will act as attorneys for both companies.. The first
suit will be on carbon brushes which are extensively used in our
railway plants. The Westinghouse Company own a patent granted to
G. Forbes, May 6th, ,1890. No. '487,859, for a contact brush consisting
oi a Plate” of carbon; and the Thomson-Houston Company own an old
Vanaerpoele Patent of 1884, also for a form of carbon contact.' The
proposed suit will be on these patents. It is our belief that the
patents are not good and can be broken down. In considering this
suit, attention should be given to Mr.. Edison's patent for a Commutator
Brush of High Resistance discussed below in No. XXI.
XT.
OPR POLICY ABOUT BRINGING FURTHER SHITS. At your meeting
held October IS, 1890, you decided that in your judgment no further
suits should be brought on any of our patents; but you referred the
matter to the Board of the General Co. Since then twelve suits have
been begun against us, and others are threatened.
At a Board meeting held on December 15, 1890, the matter of our
bringing new suits was discussed, and I was instructed to prepare a
list of good patents to sue on, both incandescent and railway, and
submit them to the Board. Owing to the absence of Mr. Jenks at Glasgow,
and to the difficulty of getting our various experts, engineers and
patent lawyers to agree* progress has been slow, but a selection has
at last been made as appears below. Mr. Johnson has taken interest
m selecting these patents and has given much time to the examination
of the written reports of our experts and to giving us the benefit of
his own views. Mr. Edison’s opinion is that suits should be brought.
XVI.
EDISON DISTRIBUTION PATENTS. The principal- patents of Mr.
Edison relating to distribution are the following:
Edison Feeder, No. 864,648, issued in 1888.
" Pressure Wire, No. 866,793, issued in 1888.
° Three Wire, No. 874,890, issued in 1883.
” Steam Dynamo, No. 881,351, issued in 1883.
Multiple Series, No. 385,574, issued in 1885.
" Multiple Arc, No. 369,880, issued in 1887.
We are now suing on the Feeder Patent, and on the Three Wire
Patent. As regards the Pressure Wire Patent, I recommend in No.
XX below, that suit be now brought. As regards the remaining three
patents, we are yet in doubt whether suits should be commenced. The
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matter is now
including Mr.
next meeting.
being considered by our various lawyers and expel
Betts, and I shall have more to say about it at
your
SEPSUE DISTRIBUTION PATENTS. Mr. Sprague’s principal in-
.r®latlngtJ° attribution for electric railways, are covered
by the following three patents:
Sprague Main and Working Conductors, Wo, 317,835, issued in 1885
„ ^wo sets of Working Conductors, -No. 388, 831; issued in 1885.
Sectional. Mam Conductor, No. 338, 313, issued in 1886.
suits Jr"!;,8061!: SpraSUe and Van5ize Unite in ^commending that
three oltenl PatentS> P°Ssibly an infringement of all
tnree patents can be found in one patent, in which case one suit will
and ah n r Sha11 SUits b® brought on the above three patents,
ana shall I engage Counsel when needed?
XVIII,
jPjjAGOB MOTOR PATENTS. 'A main feature of Mr. Sprague’s
elec rm railway system is the use of a motor having sectional field
coils ana a switch by the use of which various combinations of the
saic ooi s can be made with respect to the feeding circuit. Sprague
Paten No. 315,180, April 7, 1885, covers this invention broadly. .
Unfortunateiy for us, however, this patent has not been infringed to
any extent worth speaking of, by any of our rivals.
. Hunter patmt 'No. 425,076, April 8, 1890, covers a motor
navmg its field magnets formed of a series of coils, in combination
«th_a supply circuit and switches to simultaneously put in or out
of circuit any number of coils of each field magnet to vary the power
or speea of the motor.” Hunter.’s claim is narrower than Sprague’s
patent. In one of the recent suits brought against the Neversink Co.
bytne Thomscn-Houston Co. on the Hunter patents [see No. X above],
tnis Hunter patent is included. Thus we are called upon to sustain
a leaning characteristic of Mr. Sprague’s inventions, as defendant
insteaa ox as plaintiff.
XIX.
. — Ai:,L' WE SUB ON THIS EDISON PATENT? Mr. Vansize has called
attention to a valuable Edison Railway Patent which has been over-
lockea neretofore. It is No. 373,494, March 6th, 1883, and consists
oi an improvement to increase the conductivity of the rails of a
railway plant by connecting to the rails a conductor of greater con-
auctivity. The first claim shows the invention as follows:
,, Z1” “ Metric railroad, a line of connected rails having its
• conductivity increased by means of one or more carbon conductors
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"attached thereto substantially as set forth."
Mr. Vansize thinks that the term "attached thereto" would
coyer the electrical attachment, and need not be limited to a mechanical
attachment or superposition. At any rate the defendants must show
such a limitation if it exists. The patent as construed by Mr.
Vansize is generally infringed. Mr. Edison urges that suit be
brought on this patent. 'After the defendant files his answer we can
then decide with less expense and trouble than now, whether we had
better go on with the suit. Meantime, the only expense would be the
preparation of our Complaint which would cost but little, as it would
not be necessary to retain Counsel.
QUESTION! Shall I bring suit on this patent and select
Counsel when needed?
XX.
SHALE TO SUE ON THE EDISON PRESSURE WIRE PATENT? This is
Patent No. 266,793, issued Oct. 31, 18S2. After conference with
Messrs. Edison, Johnson, Dyer and Jenks, and after learning the views
of Mr. Upton and Mr. John Howell, I- recommend that suit be brought on
this patent. All admit that it is broad and controlling. The only
question is whether pressure wires vail permanently be used. They
are not used in alternating current plants, but are used in the low
pressure three-wire plants installed by all companies. The T'homson-
Houston Company have possibly 100 plants of this kind, in all’ of
which we believe this patent is infringed. As to whether pressure
wires are vital to central station plauts and will be permanently used,
all of our experts, with one exception, think they are.
QUESTION! Shall I sue on this patent, and retain Counsel
when needed?
XXI.
SHALL HE SUE ON EDISON PATENT :'N0. 276. 253? This patent was
issued April, 1883, and is for a Commutator Brush of High Resistance.
I have discussed this patent with many of cur people, including Messrs.
Edison, Jenks, Vansize, Johnson, Sprague and Dyer & Seely. We have
not yet found anything against it. This invention comes into promin¬
ence just now in consequence of the above named suit against us by the
Thomson-Hcuston Cc., on patents for Carbon Brushes. Inasmuch as the
whole subject will be 'gone into in that suit, there will be little ad¬
ditional expense if we bring suit now on this patent. Moreover, our
suit could possibly be manipulated, so as to give us advantages in de¬
fending the said suit against us.
QUESTION! Shall I bring suit on this patent, and retain
Counsel if needed?
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SHALL WE SUE! ON EDISON PATENT NO. 864,-668? 'This is for
Compound Wound Dynamos, and was issued September 19, 1888. It covers
broadly the self regulating dynamos now almost universally used in rail¬
way power stations. Our engineering department states that this in¬
vention is also fast taking the place of all hand regulator dynamos in
'electric railways and in certain classes of isolated plants. The
.Government will use nothing else for marine work. In view of the fact
that two of the suits brought against us last Autumn by the T. H. Co.
were on patents covering Compound Wound Dynamos, it might be well to
respond by a suit on this Edison Patent, since the whole subject could
then be thrashed out at the same time and without much additional ex¬
pense. Moreover, since there are but few patentable features in a
dynamo, one or two, like those in this patent, would give any company an
important moral advantage.
QUESTION; Shall I bring suit on this patent, and employ Counsel,
if needed?
mu.
SHALL WE SUE ON EDISON PATENT 'NO. 851.548? This patent covers
the use of lamps of different candle powers in the same plant. It was
issued to Mr. Edison on December 87, 1881, and is universally infringed.
If we sustain this patent no lamps of more than one particular candle
power can be used in any one plant. So if a competing Company and our¬
selves .we re both trying to get the same customer to Lake current, we
could truly claim that he could use as many lamps of different candle
power as he wished if he took from us, while our opponent could only
supply him with lamps of a single amount of candle power. It is almost
universal for a customer to use lamps of different candle power, and
for us to possess a monopoly of supplying them, would be valuable.
QUESTION; Shall suit be brought on this patent, and shall I
employ Counsel when needed?
XXI y.
MY REPORT TO THE GENERAL CO. BOARD. As stated above, the
Board of the General Co. requested me to submit a list of patents to
be . sued on, for their consideration. The eight patents mentioned above
constitute that list. After you take action to-day on the question of
suing on those patents, I would like permission to make your action a
part of my report. I can then submit to the Board as my report, the
above list of patents, to be sued on, and can state that they have .
been considered by you .with such and such results.
QUESTION; In making my report to the Board, shall I state
what your decision is about suing on the above eight patents severally?
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XXV.
PENDING PATENT OFFICE -APPLICATIONS. At your last meeting you
directed me to see if in doubtful cases an arrangement could not be
made with contesting parties for an exchange of licenses after allow¬
ance of patents. I have locked into this matter with Mr. Seely and
Mr. Jenks. The former is now trying to see what can be done to make
arrangements touching certain interferences, and I shall have some¬
thing to report at your next meeting.
XXVI.
MR. LOWREY’S RETAINER. At your last meeting . i t .was decided
to renew Mr. Lowrey’s annual retainer 000] as of December 26, 1890.
Since then he has notified me that in his opinion services rendered by
him this year in the filament suit, should not constitute an offset
against this retainer. My view differs from his, and I told him the
matter would be submitted to you to-day for decision. I shall be
prepared to fully explain the point verbally.
QUESTION; Shall we agree not to offset against Mr. Lowrey’s
retainer any services of his in the filament suit?
Respectfully submitted,
S. B. EATON,
General Counsel.
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bYER & SEELY.
new York . March . 5, . 1891.
A. 0. Tata RAq,
Dear sir,-
W« beg t# advise you that the Swiss patent on
the toy phonograph should be completed before March 11, 1892.
However it ie advisable that this should be done at once rather
than waiting until the time is about to expire. To complete this
patent it is necessary to file a model, but photographs showing the
existence of a mode* will be sufficient for the purpose. We
therefore request that you have sent us so soon as possible a set
Of photographs showing the various parts of the device. Perhaps
the best way to do would be to have one view showing the device
complete, and thwrr one or two views of the separated parts. We
enslose herewith a copy of the drawings as filed, so that you may
see Just what device we refer to.
Referring to the payment of the annuity on the Austrian
patent on the toy phonograph which you instructed us to pay a shsrt
time age, it bocomss^scessary to ^^^^toe^sriginal patent so that
the payment of the fee can be endorsed thereon. The original
patents were sent to the Toy Phonograph Company, and wo thought it
best to advise you sf this matter befsre addressing the Tsy Phene-
s^ph a*mf>%ntr Can m obtain thia pat ant far upf
KtnWr ratvjrp the *nolo»«d oapy Pi tha Aravin*.
EATON & LEWIS
: EQUITABLE BUILDING)
.S'l'c/.V ?j/w/y. _ March 5th,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
hear Sir
’^■tCZL- ^ >/?/
Re T^omson-Houston Regulator Patent on which Sporty
Co is sued. Your note of the 28th was received yesterday asking
for copies of the patents (:a. Our copies are in bound volumes
with other matters. I shall send to Washington today and net de¬
tached copies for you.
Edwin H. Brown was the attorney for the defeated
defendant in the old • r suit against the American Company on this
patent. He is a patent lawyer here, and is now retained by us
in one branch of this litigation. You will find it all explained
ny my long mem. for the current, meeting of the Patent Litigation
Committee which I sent you Tuesday and which Mr. Tate acknowledged
vasterdav. °
Would it not be well for
to the Laboratory to explain this whole
standpoint of a patent lawyer who has ina
jectf If you say yes. I can send Mr.
Please reply, and oblige,
me to send Mr. Brown out
matter to you from the
?.de a specialty of the sub-
Brown out at once/
M r. E d i s o n ,-
With reference to the attached: Dyer and
Seely telephoned this morning that if you desire a Canadian patent
taken out on the toy phonograph which v/as patented here March, 11th,
1890, it will have to be attended to to-day. The year allowed by
law in whi ch to apply for a Camdian patent after the issue of a
corresponding patent, expires to-day. D. & S. request that they
be advised by telephone. What shall I say to them?
Maguire.
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Kindly advise us whether Mr. Edison deairea to
have a Canadian patent taken out on the toy phonograph which waa
patented here March 11, 1890, this being the fo™ patented in
foreign countries under instructions from the Toy Phonograph Com¬
pany and la shown in the drawing which we aent you a few days since-
A patent waa to be taken out on this form in accordance
with instructions from the Toy Phonograph Company, but as the law
allows one year from the date of issue of a corresponding patent in
which to apply for a Canadian patent, we did not proceed immediate¬
ly with the filing of paper?, and now in view of the relations be¬
tween Mr. Edison and the Toy Phonograph Company we writefyou for
instructions. Mr. Edison does not desire to have
thi? Patent t?ken out w*-thfttew^ oughf’to inform the Toy Phono¬
graph Qmnpany that the time is about to expire and ask them whether
they desipe to have u? proceed in the matter.
In regard *,<> the foreign patents which we sent to the Toy
Phonograph Company we will write to them and see whether we can get
them to send the patents to us.
Yours
Mow York City
r-iont Suit. Me. 8 awarcl hoi
£join« to loo. himself up ii
uni on t . Wo sup poo oil that h
t that ho wa« at wor& on i'
ovored y oh to day that ho wi
ppe, waa in the hands ni’ ti
o had not boon mentioned ti
ny day a . Ho i« now ii-ijn-to
Seward tiooo not jjot. batter
is plane . I have di aouur.ei
)"oy this i;io>niri>i. Ho woul'
S>. Hii.’ii; olh, than have a nev
mant Case when he ashed Chandler that one quest. ion.
Betts ha§ always boon .••otuined in tin filai.iont. case hii.-i-
»°li‘ '•*1' the a ■ though he hus ••evor clono any work
on ease except <>n two ubstmct. law points, That fact
alone ought to have made him doubly cautious. He should
stand so ot might. as to lean backwards. However, Bett.a
is a c ‘ t> winning lawyer and in taking a man like him we
take hit-: fault;; ami all.
Aa t i;..y« raid, J.ovtrey thinks that the Court. Would
exclude Chandler' o deposition if we e.arrod t.o contest
the point . But ho thinks it.- is nor. worth while to do so.
He thinks that on tire whole it will not. hurt us.
V/e are all agreed to accept. Mr Lowrey's judgment
in the matter , and X shall act accordingly.
Mr. Dyer reports that he is making rapid progress
With his brief. Bo doubt it will be first, class .
Mr. Lowroy said this to mo today : "Wo are all right
"in this case. The points against ns are not sound, and
“it will be our fault if wo fail to show that to the
"Court. We wought to win this case anyway, and we c-er-
“tctinly can if wo get before a competent Judge".
Pleas o excuse tills long mom. but I want you to know
what is going on,
Very truly yours,
PC
DYER &, SEELY.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,
tfedr felr:-
* . . Mar oh ll, 1891 .
We Wrote tb.the iidiaoh United Phonograph Co.
asking then, to instruct u* fabout preparing a nee set of foreign
patente on the phonograph, as you verbally advised us to do. We
enoloee * copy of our letter to them and their reply to ft which
We have just received.
Shall we send to Messrs. Seligman & Seligman the copies
and data they ask for? We can send them ocpiee of your pending
opplicationa^ the phonograph, though of course* thin will involve
■some time and wena*^ buttle do'^^e ho^ we can give- than the
-l9? , which they afk for. We understand they
want these datee so they can determine whether they era entitled,
to acquire the inventions under their contract with you without any
..additions! consideration. We can give them the dates of filing-
'Of the applet ions, if y9W wish it, and this perhaps will cone-
somewhere ne*r the dates of the inventions. Please instruct ua
immediately ps to your wishes ip thi a matter.
Ypura truly,
1 1 \ b l 0 ,/ "
, i - -7 \ ^ ■'i
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new York _ JJar_cli. il, ism T .
Edison United Phonograph Co.,
Mills Kuilding,
City.
Gentlanen:-
Sime time ago we prepared a specification, including
a number of Mr. Edison's phonograph inventions, designed to be used
as the basis for foreign patents in a number of different countries
Mr. Edison instructed us to prepare this specification and then to
hold it until he should tell us what to do with it..
He has recently instructed us to add to the specifi¬
cation a number of later inventions, including the recent nav forms
of the phonograph, but told us first to communicate with you and
see whether you wished to take out foreign patents on these mat¬
ters .
Will you please advise us as to whether we shall go
ahead! with this work* and also whether we shall proceed in the same
way that we have with other foreign patents for the phonograph,
that is, prepare singly a draft of the specification and copy of
the claims and send them to you to b e put into shape and filed by
your own patent agents, this being the way in which wehave hereto¬
fore acted in connection with Col. Douraud,- or shall we go ahead
and take out the patents ourselves through
our own agents? Probably
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you will prefer the former course. If you would like to know just
what will be covered by the new specification to be prepared, you
had better call here and we should be glad to go over the matter
with you. ' •
Yours t ruly,
Dyer & Seely.
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DYER &. SEELY.
ThomaB A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir:-
OFFICES, .PCOI.LT, 1 PAT,
36 WALL STREET,
new York _ ,1891.
We enolo se herewith an assignment from John F.
Ott to yourself of his Nickle in the slot Phonograph case filed
May 24, 18£p0, serial No. 352,972. Kindly acknowledge receipt and
Oblige,
Yours truly,
JlttoL {?//. (y/(lh* ,
QndhtS /)mw.
OPFICK OP U. S. DISTRICT JUDGE
District of Connecticut.
Ji’tiCfity (tt
u4z
Hertford , March S«ith, 1801.
S. B. Eaton, Esq.,
Dear sir:-
I forgot to say the other day that the Hartford
Gas Co. , of which I am a director, is also a large stockholder in
the Hartford Electric Light Oy. which is the local company in
which Uro. Shipman is a stockholder, and that the interests of the
two Cos. are closely connected.
Wishing to be sure about my lack of bias or capacity of
being influenced in the matter., I asked the President of the Hartford
Electric Light -Co. this morning, whether his Company had an inter¬
est or preference one way or the o the r .
He said that he bought his lamps of the Thomson-Houston
Cy. I believe that he has also sometimes bought of tho Perkins
Lamp Cy. I pressed him further to know whether his mind was a
sheet of will to paper upon the subject of tho Edison patent, to
which ho replied that ho thought it would be for the eomnercial ad¬
vantage of his Company that the Edison patent should not bo sus¬
tained, because in the event of tho Edison Co’s monopoly competi¬
tion would be removed and prices would be advanced.
I should be exceedingly annoyed to have any doubt arise
in my own mind haroafter as to tho existence of any self interest
in tho question, or to have any similar disturbance exist here¬
after in the minds of a successful or a defeated party, and I think
that I am so linked in with the Hartford Elec trio Light Co. as to
make it better that some Judge who has no possible weight of self
interest, or any thought upon that subject to impede the free ex¬
ercise of his Judgment, should try tho case.
I am sorry to subject tho parties to delay, but it seems
to me that good Judgment oalls for. a trial of tho case by Homo one
who has no electricity any where, especially in his safe deposit
boii
V/ill you kindly show this letter to Mr. Y/atmore or to
Gonl. Duncan, and 1 remain
Yours very truly.
N. Shipman.
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term of Court. T_“oy expect a victory. For reasons
which I snail state, we hesitate.
QUESTION; V/iiat, shall be our further policy
as defendants in this case?
V.
NEW JERSEY THREE- WIRE CASE. There is a dif¬
ference of opinion on our side about the advisability
of our ,<p ing on with this case, and i should like your
instructions.
QUESTION: What shall be our future policy
as Plaintiffs in this case?
VI.
THOMSON-HOUSTON INTERFERENCE ON CUT-OUTS.
Messrs Dyer & Seely ask for an able speaker familiar
with patent Office practice to assist them in arguing
the appeal in this interference before the Commissioner I
of patents to April I 4th. It is difficult to secure the
proper man.
QUESTION. Whom shall we select, if any one, to
make the main argument?
VII.
RE SUIT ON FIELD RAILWAY LATENT AGAINST US.
The attorney for Complainant serves notice that he will
begin to take proofs in support of his case on April 3rd
They have retained as Counsel Mr. E.M. Marble, formerly
Commissio er of patents.
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VIII.
RENEWING RE TAINER OP QUEBEC LAWYERS. MR.
Hastings as;;s for instructions wnether ws should con-
tin e the Annial Retainer of fatso to Messrs garon, Pent-
land & Stewart , of Quebec.
QUESTION : Shall we continue this Retainer?
April 11, 1891.
HE PI 1,/MENT CASE.
Mom. of Mr. Eaton's interview with Judge Wallace
at Syracuse.
(1) Judge Wallace states that ho had hoped to hem’
this case, but that his duties in connection with organ¬
izing the now Appellate Court, of which he will be the
Senior Judge, and hiB ergogements already made for the next
two months, will leave him no spare time whatever. Ho
states that he is therefore ccmpellod to cteclino to hoar
the caoo himsolf.
(2) Judge Wallace thinks that Judge Shipman is not
disqualified by the statement . of facts set' forth in the
latter’s letter to me of tho 28th uit., and suggests that
v;e go b of oro Judge Shipman and insist on his hearing the
case. Probably the Counsel for the dgfe'hdant will object
to Judge Shipman, if they daro tOj^lPhay say they will .
This case is on the Calendar bi*f6re Judge Shipman next
Monday, and I shall then adjourn it for two days so that
tho application to Judge, ^Shipman can be made about next
Wednesday, if wo c on elude to make it.
(3) Judif?^ Wallace explained to me in full tho work
already assigned to the different Judges in this Circuit *
unt il July^dand was of opinion that Judge Wheeler was the
most available Judge for us. Judge Wallace says that
Judge ^hacomba will hoar no more heavy cases, because he
is to bo a member of tho Appellate Court, and his time, as
wpl'l as Judge Wallace1 s time, will be largely occupied
-fn preparing rules for the now Court, &o . ' Judge Wallace
asked if wo would be satisfied with Judge Wheeler. I
told him that both sides had considered that question, and
that for certain reasons they preferred some other Judge.
(4) .Judge Wallace that offered to assign Judge
Coxo to hear our case at S3 early a (fete as possible. I
told him Coxe had just refused to hear tho Accumulator
Case, because ho already had more work on hand than ho
could dispose of by Sumner. Wallace then stated that Coxe
showed a disposition to avoid work, and that he .was sur¬
prised to hoar from me that Coxe had refused’ to hear that
oase. I had recently hoard all about it from Mr. Betts
and Mr. Vansize. Wallace then stated that the Accumulator
Case ought fairly to be heard by Coxe, but if that case
wore not to bo hoard, he would definitely assign Coxe in
May or June to hoar our case. Judge Coxo told Mr. Betts
that even if he heard their case, he .would not write his
opinion until after the Sumner vacation. In other words,
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DYER & SEELY.
LAW OFFICES . Ikm‘,
36 WALL STREET,
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Wo havo you r latter of the 16th irtst. enclosing let¬
ter from William H. Gilman, which wo return herewith. It is pos¬
sible that there is something In It. She interference whioh
Mr, Gilman refers to is one Involving several parties, among than
an application made by Gilliland and Toppon and it involves the
following claim:
v, ^ ct«bina*io» »4th a phanograph^of mechanism
normally held looked adapted to be released by a coin,
and means operated hy said mechanism to raise and lower
the phonograph arm."
The interference has not
yet reached the point at which
are per¬
mitted to see the applications of the other parties, hut it may be
considered practically certain that Ott has no ohanoe of Success,
and if this matter is of any Value to you it might be well to see
is aWthidg ift the eisim of if*,- Gilman to' priority.
h *» n«t k* ka aiAkn it, m §4 ste ait Mi? Msmsd & what
Bdieoh*d kM U 4ks §z§i8t
mihmi m m till see «mt 4* m* diiA mt ms £ am
*** mA 6aA ***& ifriS. youraeif whether it fiii be fatifaUg 46 68-
iof Into oorresjidndanoe
with Gilman.
Yours tnuly;
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DYER & SEELY.
LAW OFFICES, specialty j pat.
36 WALL STREET,
new YORK — April. .17., _ 1891.,
A. 0. Tate Esq.,
Dear sir,-
Mr. Edison gave us verbal instructions yesterday
that he did not care to have the Portuguese ore milling patent
worked, and we request that you kindly confirm his instructions by
letter so that we can keep it on record with the other papers in
Yours truly,
the files.
Address after May 1st,
Edison Building, 42 Broad St
v Will you kindly infarm Mb Kennelly that pursuant to
h_s letter of the I5th inst . I arryengaged in obtaining a complete
set of electric meter patents, beginning with 1879. I have di¬
rected our special agent in Washington to at once devote himself
to this matter and I hope to send you the patents in question with¬
in a reasonable time, just haw long I cannot tell.
/ Very truly yours. /
Address a.'ior f,‘.ay lot,
Edison Building, 42 Broad St
EATON & LEWIS
EUGENE H. LEWIS
quiTABLE BUILDING)
Dear Mr. Edison:
Re English Feeder Patent. You will be interested
to know that after long and repeated correspondence with these
gentlemen, and after giving them Sir Y/illiam Thomson's opini on
and the evidence taken in our Feeder Case here',' they have at last
decided to proceed with their Disclaimers touching the English
Patent. They have at last made up their minds that this is thiir
only course.1 in order to save anything in that patent.
Mr. Betts thinks that this will not hurt hurt vis
here in our Feeder Suits. Still, he regards it as somewhat trouble
Very truly yours,
Thomas A. Edii
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Replying to your letter of 29th ult. enclosing letter
from Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, Crisp & Co. the solicitors of the
Edison and Swab. Company in London? I think we had better send all
our data to these parties so they can see that we take a different
view of the case, from that which they entertain.
Yours very truly,
L- v
V h~> c
New York City,
Dear Mr, Edison:
April 29, 1891 .
Re Filament Case. The enclosed mem. is very satisfac¬
tory to all of us, X hope it will be to you.
In the case of Frank v Light Co. for an injunction on
the part of a minority stockhol der, the hearing took place today
before Judge O’Brien. Judge n&vis and Mr. Lewis spoke for us. Uts
Harlow spoke for the plaintiff. I was present and have no doubt
but what the application will be refused. That is to say, it ought
to be. Then plaintiff will have all Summer to go ahead with his-"
main case.
[ENCLOSURE]
CIRCULAR l'1 OR PATH! IT LITIGATION COMMITTEE.
KB FILAMENT CASE. To our surprise arc! ''ratifica¬
tion Judge Wall ao a deoided yesterday an or hearing Coun-
3(51 ->,r both ,iirt3n> that ho would himself hear the arGu-
mente in this case when he ormoa hero to hold the Equity
Iem ginning May Seth. This decision took the de¬
fendants by surprise and Mr. Wetmore protested vigorouc-
ly aaainst their hoing forced to final hearing before
Autumn , Hie protest had no effect, anti the case will
be heard soon after the 85th Prox. by Judge Wallace in
person here }.n this City.
This is very gratifying to us and is u satisfactory
conclusion to our Patent attempts for the past month
■i0 »"* * hearin® thi» *”**"C- *a are especially grati¬
fied to have the case heart; by Judge Wallace,
S.B, Eaton,
O'-Q.
DYER &. SEELY.
w OFFICES, ■rcoialty , pA„N
ao WALL STREET,
NEW YORK - ApEi.l_.a9., _ 1891,.
Thomaa A. Edison Eaq,,
Orange, N.Jv
Wcu.
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Dear air,- ^
Some time ago we took an appeal fron the Examiner to
the Board of Examiners in Chief in your application 845 on the
process of magnetic separation. The Board affirmed the decision
of the Examiner. We should like to know whether you consider it
of sufficient importance to justify taking it to the Ooranissionerf
In order that you may see just what the invention is, and what the
patent relied on by the Patent Office as an anticipation is, we
send you your specification, and also the patent.
If you think best to appeal to the Commissioner, it
would be well to furnish us with as many facts as convenient in¬
dicating the saving effected by your process over the Conklin pro¬
cess . '
Yours truly.
^L+e. art. U&ljU. dJ^-UJU tT^J.
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(Enclosure)
Authorities on proposition that in the ease of a
; license agreement under a patent which provides that the
licensee shall pay tho royalties upon certain dates, and
| further providoc that on his failtu'e to pay, the licensor may
: terminate the 1 icons o agreement by notice, such license agree¬
ment can bo loyally terminated by tho giving of such notice.
V/liite vs. Leo, 3 Ped. Rep. 222.
This was a caoo docidod by Lowell, C.J., July 24, 1S80 .
'l'ho license contained a provision for the termina¬
tion on notioo. I’hc licensoe failed to pay tho royalties,
but no notioe wa s given as provided for in the license. A
demurrer to the bill was sustained. Tho question is first
considered by Judge Lowell as to whether, ’without the for¬
feiture clause in tho liconso, a court of equity would declare
the license forfeited for a failure to pay tho royalties; if
so, the caso might proceed even without tho allegation in tho
bill that tho notice had been given. As to this, Judge
"X know of no caoo in which a more failure to
pay money or koop some engagement of that naturo ins
boon held a good cause for asking a court of equity
either to declare a forfeiture or to proceed as if one
had been incurred.
In some few patent leases beginning with Brooks
j v. Gtolloy, 3 McLean D23, it has been held tint a pat¬
entee enjoyed tho unusual privilege of treating a
L broach of covenant as if it of itself worked a for-
offoct
sliiil 1 f ol 3. c,7 ; ;-m d fchi3 will account for some of
the do cl cions."
As to the off out of a forfoitux-o clause in tho
agreement itself, Judge low oil saya,~
"Tho agrooment in this ease gives tho plaintiffs
tho ex-oat advantage of terminating the* agreement in
case of default if they please; but only when they
3hall have served a certain written notice. Until
after that has been clone, they are not entitled to
profits and daiaagoo , but to royalties . I OGo
no propriety or legality in adding a forfeiture by im¬
plication to that which the pai*ties have provided by
their contract ■ "
Here again the clear distinction is made by Judge
Lowell between the facts sufficient to warrant a court of
oqulty in declaring a forfeiture whore tho license is without
Again, -
“Ho court of equity will say that a plaintiff,
even if lie have an election to put an end to a conti-act
in a certain way, shall assumo it to bo ended without
following that method, and procood accordingly,"
Hammachor vs. Wilson, 26 Fed. Rep. 239.
,Thi3 case was hoard by the Circuit Judge Colt and tho District
Judge Carpenter. The decision is by Carpenter, J.
The license had a provision for its termination upon
notice in caso the licensee failed to pay the royalties on tho
dates named. There was a failure and a notice. It appears
' that al,ter th® no'ti(SC5 0l‘ lamination, tlio lioonsoe offorod to
! pay “ho oum8 duo* /U %t argument ho contended that the li¬
cense ought not to bo forfeited for mere neglect to pay rnonoy,
oinco ho than Offered to pay whatever v/ns daze, Tho court
said, -
"Undoubtedly his argument would bo very strong
if this wore an action to ascertain and declare a for¬
feiture. Tho question howovor which we have to decide
is not whether wo shall now declare the license for¬
feited, but whether it has already boon forfeited by
the acts of the parties pursuant to tho provisions con¬
tained therein . 'fho respondent agrood that if lie
failod to perform his engagements , tho license might bo
forfeited by a written notice sorvod on him. Wo soo
no reason why such an agreement may not bo made and en¬
forced. lie has failod to perform his engagements, the
notico has boon served on him, and wo think on the ser¬
vice of that notico the liconse ceased to protect tho
respondent ."
| Purifier Co. vs. Wolf, 2S Fed. Rep . Sid.
i’ho case was argued before Judges Bradley and MCenrnn. The
opinion was delivered orally by Judge Bradley, October S, 1SS6
It was a suit for the infringement of a patent, fho
defendant sot up a license, and the complainant replied that
the dofendant had failed to pay tho royalty called for by the
license and tho license had therefore been forfeited. The
I license being without provision for its forfeiture, the court
decided that the licensor’s remedy was a suit for. the amount
of the royalties.
u
t,[$2jZ-yr,
"Hot; v;o
ni'o clearly of opinion that under such
a license the failuro to pay tho royalty stipulated and
agreed to bo paid doos not forfeit tho liconoo, unloss
.acme condition of forfeiture for non-payment bo inserted
injH, and that tho power to manufacture and sell is not
at an end tip on non-payment, but that tho licensor, tho
patentee or person granting the liconso is left to his
action for tho royalty or rent and cannot file a bill
upon tho patent ns for an infringement . «
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
HARRISON N.J.
LAMP MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT May 1 fffc , 1891 .
Thomas A . Edison, ngq,,
Orarge, N.J.
Boar Sir:-
C*~y
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I enclose Mi-' Marshall's remarks upon the letter rf
Dyer ft Seeley which you referred tome. I agree with Mr, Marshall
that it would be worthless to prosecute the claims further.
Yours truly, .
7 .
[ENCLOSURE]
Conductors for 'Electric Lanps, stands finally rejected, and we
writ* to you to inquire what action you think it best to take.
Hie claims are as follows:
1. A carbon filanent for an electric lanp having in
combination two or more filanentary carbon parte and electro de¬
posits of carbon uniting such parts together, whereby a continuous
carbon filanent of great length is ibrmed, sUb st anti ally as set
forth.
2. A carbon conductor for an electric lanp having in
e (tab in at ion, a filament, enlarged ends for said filament each com¬
posed of two pieces, electro-deposits of carbon uniting such pieces
together, and electro-deposits of carbon uniting said enlarged^ enda
to aa id. filaments, substantially as set forth*
-3. A spiral carbon conductor for an electric 1«5> hav¬
ing in combination two carbon spirals and an electro deposit of
cart> on uniting them together, substantially as set forth.
4. A carbon loop for an electric lanp, one side of
whieh is a Spiral and the other a -straight filanent in oanbination
with an eleotro-dep9sit of carbon uniting such parts together, sub-
[ENCLOSURE]
T. A. Edison. -8
otantially as aetfOrth.
The «tttht>nUd«b \atre b*h tSittfd by tftft todStArte? «* an-
'to**** h**iy ^ **** ***** lrc thei
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T^l°'~?h 0t^‘ “ ^ « «* *«*«**»
■Bketbh / /y^rgt M meeting ends being dohneet«f*b-y a *»po.-
11 * %*** * ****■• **• ««•« to *«*> anticipate
*l*hb 4, Ijhit* states pat «it to *eston 292,720 am«a a earbxw
enlarged ends, said- ende being fanned separated
the body of the filanent and ejected by a deposit ef canhou
-th* only difference between thia and the extraction 8*t ractfr ^
claim 2 -of Marshall 1 . appll eat lop la, that in «aW ^ tha anr.
*** PUp” *" »** tp *n«*rt each of two fLm, Of carho^
Plsoad *P#«y)«P «Jd having an ploptrp-dappait of carbon for hoi^fcag^
*u He->8> m <* al«tro-4epopit of oart^on uniting the.
aoi^efl *0 ihe **»*»***> In addition to the patent pf te.-
*»> ****** THM* WO. , oited te/a*>w that tt^
*****'»** **»» »*•*«* e^df of filament. thicker than- the
of the fiiJWent, -Amending to -the Niabolf pat sit +.bj» £a
do*e by e sheet* of poper from whl eh\he filament* are to-
he out of aaveral thioknes.e. * ±h0 =PPPtdnn f r« which the- enda
Of the filament are fl*. lb. ’•eve*# thl*kne.ao. of paper, ar* no-fc
united by an el ectro^fl epo.it -os*bpn, ap OPecifi^ in MwohoH'a
[ENCLOSURE]
T.A. Edison. 23
el aim 2.
‘SWetfkl •pa’tehlls aitfci % th^ 6h6# f&ar
to&rt^>ut ft‘6 bfte ** fe*ih %ho*t '&W6 topirfci* -O&neotad by aft etas’*™*-
mtfriaw & %pftei¥i<*i i'h taaftoiftilH biei* Sj but in *i<* af- €he.
'fktft 'ttel lftifolgrit t&ftlMtk ftltre beftn thftk mi tod, tha-s seems- bo-
tob invention In this feature.
tb Hibhaan and McCoy, 502,133, stows ft filmwot
partly tplhal anfl partly straight, an sot forth ,in Marshall’* a-laim-
’ft. the pat-ant tow not, howCver, Bay that the filament is of oar-
*on, mrftbBB It -«y that th. spiral ««d the straight portions are
uni-tad by an al sot no-depo sit of carbon-
PJflss* 1st up fcnpw fh ether you see any point in snr one
*t the 9l«lps phi oh ypu tfti,* it north w«Ue to attest to- g9t a
toft toy Affeolins to tjbp £psr4 Of jBssndn ern^in- Chi of. If-nat,-
Of. f«U* ftUftW -the Application to bap on • abandoned, as it.
will bp n«p*-«ontjb 1*1 sp# «ppf ftption is taken.
Yours truly.
[ENCLOSURE]
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DYER & SEELY.
A. 0« Tate Esq.
Dear sir,-
In reply to your favor of the 25th inst. in r#~
eopy of patent to Weston issued November 6, 1888, on galvanometers
We beg to state that we found six patents on galvanometers issued
to him on that day, and are forwarding you to-day in a separate en¬
closure one copy of each.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. j.
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'< Zf/fey
In order that we may know whet action to take In yOur
application M». we ahould lika to laam ho. ion* ago you invented
• magnetic clutch in which the face, of the two olutch
““ *" d“'",t ms8"st‘» “»*»* *•» the dutch ... i„ „
•a to furnl ah a magnetic dealt of low ra.i.t.noa; „„ „p„latJ
we deaire to know the earll,., «... ,h„ „„ „a„ „t.tli,h .* eu.lt-
a magnetic .latch having a groove or groove in the bearing, ft*,
of one or both member., and a „u in the groove or groove
•ill andcratand what ^
.ho. th, fern, of clutch iUu.tr.t.d in the dppli cation.
Yours truly,
JUtJy ,
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Dear sir, -
Wo bee to call your attention to our letter ad¬
dressed to Mr. Edison under date of April loth, advising him of the
objections raised by the Swedish Patent Office to electric railway
case, Set 93. As stated in our letter, the time for filing the
amendment expires on June 6th next. We wish you would kindly
call Mr. Edison's attention to this matter and advise us so soon
as possible what Mr. Edison wishes us to do.
Yours truly,
LA ' u.
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Pocantico Hills, N. Y. May IQ, 1891.
My dear Edison:
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. 1 yrroto you whon the McKeesport case was coming on,
°"Bly «rsins_ypu to come to Pittsburg and show yourself in the
, I Z 1 oan understand what a bore that was to you, but I
nn+ +\ W°U °an "nderstand what an assistance it was to the case~
soL! Lh! oouriso1 hut to the case. Concrete objects stand for
V'e L6alinfi With historical and scientific abstract-
nL’tWp L1*,1 W0Uld n0t’ f°r’ a moment> intimate that your pres-
bZIiLT* lereT 3 ’,LhaVe n0t thS sii^htest doubt that when
Judge Bradley,-and Judge McKennan in particular , -saw you sitting
there (you will remember X was particular to allude to you awL
yo" out> an(1 1 had a motive in all that) you ceased to be an
S4™10";. Thoy had seen the man; they had seen the l^p; and
the vholo thing was made easier*
on the°V2^bW^tMrU/t°1°?n1e t0 thS he aring of the case in New York
first dfv T fL’te + ’’°?e y°U Wil1 brinS Mrs. Edison) on the
first day. X intend to brinS Mrs. I^owrey and several o4er lad-
taking ^»LELei'' KlS explanation an<i especially his experiments
vm, nS P f y°Ur presenoe> the Judge on the Bench knowing who
bo if^e wfT ! 1ffer?£t kind °f a thinfi of U from what it would
ner I Stanf^ there taking in an altogether abstract man-
’ 1 hfVG ur£5ed Dyor i’rom the beginning to make the illustra¬
tive experiments which he has resolved to make. At first he seem-
down iithin +V.B • Those experiments will draw the subject
for th SL t-V1SUa ranKS °f 3 man Wh° hears about tha subject
ior the first time, as no mere talk or drawings or pictures would
hlrl nan ” n*0d iS t0 RSt the Judfie t0 stand <=« the
hard-pan as you stood when you were developing the subject. Then
om enemies may throw up as much mud and mbbish of a light sort
as they please; they will not disturb his footing.
Therefore I repeat that I would like you to cone and be pres¬
ent during Dyer s opening, and I would like, if it is convenient
^two^p^0’^^ MrS' Edison sh°uld come and bring perhaps, one
cLTl^l^Tr. In short • you 1 « «»
Of course I have entire confidence in our success but sub-
mitting questions which have no absolute standard of determination
Wh°fe lnner mental operations cannot be followed, is
Koirnf' a matter. of chance. If you have read the Report of Prof,
how « Ch.!n. which the German decision is founded, you will see
inr at the be3- y-a diverSonce from the t4e line of reason¬
ing at the beginning, to go very wide of the truth in the con-
elusion. Therefore we noed all the extraneous helps that wo can
«et and I shall therefore ask several ladies who are great friends
of the Court, to evince their interest in our case by attending.
You will not for one moment suppose that I consider that any consid¬
eration of friendship or personal relation would have anything to
do with this. Judge. Truly I do not. I think him about as square
as they are ever made and as free from every influence which is
not strictly judicial. Alleesamee, my friends are going to be
there to see Mr. Dyer show in a pleasing manner, how the art of
incandescent lighting grow and what some of its controlling condit¬
ions are.
Please give my kindest regards and those of Mrs. Lowrey to
Mrs. Edison. I am going to write a similar letter or send a
copy of this to Mrs. Dyer. She ought to be present to hear her
husband who very likely will make the most important spoech of his
life on that occasion— and I am sure it will be a great gratifica¬
tion to her.
After Dyer has finished, the rest of it will bo a droning per¬
formance, not worth anybody's listening to; so you need not tire
yourself very much. One day or two days will suffico, but you
owe that time or a part of it to "the causd."
Ever sincerely your Friend,
[TO THOMAS MAGUIRE?]
3-0*
Bear Sir}-
MfOfrHng to ybu* ifctfbaft Of the Wth inat. In
**TrtipiS» *f Ore Milling parents, wa bog ttf aft*** trfd« ir# only or-
«isrba bbplbn et tTtoie patents l*au«l Ax irtfig tfie; past yds*. foxv
ins trust lofts £r6m MiS instill tare 4& dbis'lii &apie& dftfHdtxiif fie
'suatt Vithift the last six months but *0 extended
t0nt* issued within the past year, and frer* Only i n
v,, .
alar those patents ajpwwu aO^in the list prepared by utf» t£$f#
Mdibftt desire* a camplete "set of Ore Milling patents issued^ Jtrihdly
Mvlse us, hnd we will «raer-a^U^^^ ebtain as com-
.plete a set as possible*
Yours truly,
tc yi &****'
2(
Now York City, May 21, 1891.
Dear Mr. Edison: JU,,,-
Do you consent to our retaining Maxim? The annexed
papers show what Mr. Wright and Mr. Instill think of it. Kindly
telephone at once, or telegraph, and then send me baok the enclosed
papers with your written reply later.
Things turn out curiously in this world. To think that
we should retain MaximJ He hates our enemies, and we want to turn
that to our own advantage ^
Very truly yours,
DYER i SEELY.
LAW OFFICES,
36 WALL STREET,
A. 0. Tat 8, Esq.,
Dear Sir:-
Jew York . .
r 1 ^ &m,^ptrpu- ?A
Wa enclose harawith Swiss pktdHt fob, jjgsl,
August 25, 1890, granted upon Mr. Edison’s Improvement in
Metric Railways, set No. 93. We bag to remind ydu tftit- zMv
patent is a provisional one and as stated in the -letter *s wrote:
you acme time ago, it is necessary to file a •dJsaefcrEgajgi modal or
a photograph of the model or apparatus to show the axis etnas of
-such a model; upon the filing of such photograph the patent ia made
^-conplete one. This should be done within a short time, although-
^as we stated to you before the time allowed for doing thia is one-
year, but it is desirable to have this done at once.
We also enclose herewith French patent No. 210, Vi^dgrted;
-Wamuuar 13, -1891, granted upon Mr. Edison’s improvement in Iireaa _
•descant Electric Lamps, set No. 97.
Kindly acknowledge receipt of these patents and oblige,
Yours truly.
A. O. JTatte Saq.
Ovt* Oatlin spoke to Mrv Bdlaon an Monctay In
r«gard -to taking oat further patents In Canada on tttd phbnograph,
v^nd"Jfr v -jBainon requested that ve lot him know juat oHStt datfejs- ew^.’
vln ioondition for application in Canada .
.^8!he 'oases iq>On which United States patenta-havc been ia-
^•aued and upon -which application for patents in Canada should ba
'wadCTBithbut delay , If it ia intended to apply fox; fljg»tfr«y qanndian
^petents.^ar.e as follows :
ffw draa - Inpraveowt phonogra^ b^ap&S* a.
r,p mm whepe* Iftw- ^«^pr»ph. IgiyjJs* q^ i^La 9$ a,
,jl ' wotall ift. qeqp* — T a*d stearate, of lead,
t)h074d_ba.. applied, for before ®jne 17th
7 886 “ iB^rOyeiao^tK 1ft? tyvn$qg, dsrri.ee*. This case
(XK ' ' ■
' shOdLd al«0 he applied for before June 17th.
* * 885 - Improranent in Recorders and Reproducers — -
y-'l J Oiroular recording tool and circular or ball re-
~"'X" producing point. This oase should also bo ap-'
plied for before June 17th.
■ * 740 - Phonograph blanks — - Base of molded material
O having tapering bore- (Plaster of Paris). Biis
should also be applied for before June 17th.
Case No, 790 - Two blanks mounted upon the same cylinder and
douhle recorder for making dtplioate reoords.
This should be applied for before September 30th
" “ 810 “ Shell having projections upon whi oh^a^strip^'^^^'1,1
n.\ / ’ CP, ^
J/l/U blank ±a placed^ This should be applied for
before September 30th.
" " 823 ~ Recording tool having cutting point in advance
U'j^ tho s.t00k of the tool - Blunt edge,. This
should also be applied for before September 30th
" * 842 - Marking pencil for phonograph blanks . This
should also be applied for before September 30th
" " 852 - Phonogram blank - Backing of paper treated
with waterproof material - layer of /paraffine
plaoed on backing — Wax cylinder plaoed over
the paraffine layer- (Method Case).
S^/ls'O Case No. 857 - Same.
These should also be applied for before
September 30th.
848 - Pneumatie devioe for raising phonograph arm.
This should be applied for before ^Septasfoe? Isoth
" We enclose herewith ccpies of the drawinga in eaoh of the
eases above mentioned in order to show^hat oases we refer to.
n/i*
OvO.
In addition to these phonograph oases there are a number
LAW OFFICES,
3iolbs\ihe
DYER & SEELY.
new York. . June 12,
A. 0. Tate, Bsq.,
Edison's laboratory, Orangei, .N, J,
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 11th inat. re Canadian patents received
°f t8klng 6trt thB °as<W *>y «« Mi-
eon will be *39®. "ineluaihg the pajmente Of *20. Oh each,- Case,
being the Governs ent fee for thefirat f ive-yaare.
We notice that-Mr. n»iaan~has not checked off any of the.
Ore Milling ot Slectric Railway cases. Kindly advise us whether
he intends taking out .patents on theca caaes er not.
Wo return herewith our 1 etter of the 10th inet. a a re¬
quested.
New York City, June 16, 1891.
This will interest you as showing that After all a good
Judge will prevent, a cross-examination in a patent case from being
eternal. Contrary to everybody’s advice I decided to apply to Judg
Shipman at Hartford. I made an affidavit setting forth the endless
way in which the defense was protracting the cross-examination . Mr
Drisooll took the affidavit to Hartford and the result is shown in
this letter.
Please return the annexed letter after reading.
B (r£<-
DYER & SEELY.
LAW OFFICES, ■
A. 0. Tate Esq.
Dear sir,-
Your favor of the 13th inst. in re Canadian
patents received and we return herewith our letter of the 10th inst -
We note that Mr. Edison desires us to take out^the ore
milling and electric railway oases mentioned in our letter, and
that the electric railway cases are to be charged against the Edi¬
son General Electric Company.
Yours truly,
‘>SyP2//p^^y<j
New York City, June 23rd, 1891.
Please find annexed hereto copy of a letter which I
have just sent to Mr. Instill which explains itself, .j
Very truly yours,
44- ed
Edison General Electric Company,
Samuel Insull , Esq., Second Vice-President ,
,v n R® Municipal Cut-Out. i beg to say that doubtlooo
t.io Ahomaon-Hcaistoh Company will immediately get. their patent. It
aqua rely- covers our present Municipal Out-Out, and quite likely
they can. at once not a pro.' iminary injunction against us, because
we fought thorn all through tls Patent Office and were uniformly
bsaton.
Something should be dono at onc.e towards abandoning
the use of the Municipal Cut-Out by us. Mr. Jenks is familiar
with the whole subject, and I bog to suggest that you instruct
someone from your Engineering Department to take this matter up
and confer with Mr. .renfts and also with Hr. Edison, to the erd that
some new device may bo promptly adopted before the Thoms or.- Ho uu-
ton Co. have time to get thoir patent and oomrnence a suit against
U3 for infringement and probably get an injunction.
Assuring you that fchi
attrition, I remain,
v matter requiring urgent
Vojg' tmly yours,
General Counsel.
/»>..: ?-c:
EATON a LEWIS
CUGENE°H. LEWIS
ir f i'/'lC /£ /' ''/*/ 44 EDISON BUILDING )
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq,
Dear Sirs
Re Adams Patent, Ho. 300,828, June 24, 1884.
The above patent is one on which we are sued in St. Louis, as I
told you last Saturday, Enclosed please find a copy of the patent,
together with a copy of a letter which I have addressed to the
Engineering Department on this matter.
If agreeable, will you kindly favor me with
an* references op defenses which you deem pertinent. Would you
like to see Mr. ^anAize in the matter? If so, he will take
pleasure in calling on you.
Awaiting the favor of your early reply, I re-
ain,
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a LEWIS
H. LEWIS
44- ■0'Jr>ya./:4.^'i£c4 Edison building)
Juno 23rd, ISOl
Edison General Eloctric Company,
J* 0. Hondo l’con, Ecq*, Ensinoor-in-Chief,
Dear Sir:-
Roferrins to the Suit rooontly commenced against She
I, indoll Railway Company, St, Louie, by the. Adams Electric Railway
Company, an Illinois Corporation having its principal office I bo-
lievo in St. Louis, in- tho. Unitod States Circuit Court at St. Louiq
for an olio cod infringement of tho Adams Patent Mo. 300,038, Juno
24th, 1884, v/hich suit I m instructed by Mr, Inoull to defend in
behalf of tho Edison General Electric Company, bocauno it (or the
Sprague Co.) supplied the apparatus alleged to infringe, will you
kindly givo me the following information:
(1) Hie Adams patent is for a combination, mo of the
elements of -which is an olootric motor whoso annaturo is mounted to
rovolvo on tho oo<lc which carrios tho driven wheels. In order
tliat you may soo moro clearly just what . Adame olainuj,. I onoloso
horov/ith a copy of his said patent on which ho cues, which please
return with your reply. p0 you think wo infringe at St. Louis?
(2) Please also give mo an answer to tho following ques¬
tion, vis: In tho said St. Louis equipment furnished by you or
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tho Sprague Company, as tho case ma y bo, or in any othor railway
oquipmont ho ret; o for o supplied by you or tho Sprague Company, io
ohia arrangement to bo found, namely, an olootric motor lie, vine a
rotating a mature centered upon tho dr i von nxlo and free to rotato
thereon?
(3) Ploaso also answor thio : Have you contoi-od tho
armature on tho driven n:do in tho St . Louie plant or ha any other
plant?
{■I) V/ill you kindly give me onavroro to tho abovo oxaot
quo at ions, and if you havo to send to st. Louie in order to do oo,
plotuio lot mo Jmovr, in order that we may undo rot and tho roason of
Vova- delay in replying.
(5) Vo have found in come cases that our vendees, tho
local railway companico, use devices which nr o not furnished by uo.
I'b.at io to cay they make change a and introduce apparatus on thoir
ovni hook. Of course in ouch oacoc it does not devolve on uo to
defend suits for nil c god infringement, co for no thoy relato to
apparatus not actually supplied by uo. Will you kindly toll mo
whether tho St. Louis equipment supplied by you to tho Lindoll Com-
Ijaiiy has boon changed by tint Company on its own hook since you
supplied it, touching any of the matters possibly covorod by the
said Adams patent, Ac this ia a question of importance, I beg to
suggest that you havo tho Linde 11 plant carefully examined by a
(2)
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competent engineer in order that we way know what to rely upon in
this rest’. vet. in preparing our answer in this suit wo must know
positively just what the facts aro.
Awaiting the favor of your early answer, I remain,
Very truly yours,
General Counsel Edison Gonoral Electric Company
[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
A. W. ADAMS.
ELEOTBIO MOTOR FOR RAILWAY OARS.
No. 300,828, ^^Patented Juno 24, 1884.
Q OfcaAc (3&czU/„yis. L, ^
United States Patent Office.
ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR RAILWAY-CARS.
To all whom U may concern:
Ho it known llmtl.A. WKU.iNaTOX Adams,
of St. Louis, in tho Stnto ot Missouri, hnvo
invonted n certain now nml useful Improvo-
j mont in Electric .Motors for Railway-Cars ami
Analogous Purposes, ot which the following
is n specification.
It is my object to provide an arrangement
by which the Hold and rotatingarmaturo of an
o electric motor and tliogoaring or transmitting
devices, through which motion is communi¬
cated from tho armature to the wheels of the
ear or vehicle, can bo supported in such man-
nor ns to bo independent of tho body ot tho
5 car, with a viow to permitting tho latter lo
move freely without disturbing tho relations
ot tho motor and transmitting devices to tho
driven wheel or wheels. To thisond I mount
tho armature upon the axle of the driven wheel
o or wheels, and I support tho Hold in a frame,
which is rigidly secured to or formed in one
with tho axle-boxes or journal-boxes of said
wheels, said frame also carrying tho interme¬
diate gearing, through which tho armnturo is
s connected to tho wheel or whools to bo drivon.
In this way tho field and all oilier parts car¬
ried by the framonlways occupy thosamorola-
tivo position lo tho whools nml armnturo, nml
nro not altcclcd or disturbed by tho spring-
;o connection bolwcon tho body of tho car or
truck and tho wheels,
Tho nnturo of my improvement and tho
mnnnor in which the snmo is or may bo car¬
ried into effect can best bo explained and un-
15 dorstood by roforcnco to tho accompanying
drawings, in which —
Figuro 1 is a sido elevation, and Fig. 2 is a
plan, of so much of a railway-ear truck as
needed for purposes ot explanation. Fig. 3 is
o a cross-section on enlarged scale, taken axially
through tho car-nxlo on which tho armnturo
is mounted. Fig. 1 is a section on a ir, Fig.
2, representing the drivon ear-wheel and gear¬
ing by which tho same is actuated.
15 In Fig. 2 tho clutch mechanism is omitted,
Tho car-axles nro represented at D, and
whoolssoourod thereon nroshowu atE F.
whools E in this enso nro tho drivon win
and their nxlo D carries tho nnnnturo G of
oloctric motor. This nnnnturo is fast upi
sleeve, 11, mounted to rovolvo on tho a
and formed between its ends witli an oil-ali
bor, «, supplied with n suitable lubric
Tho fiold-mngncts of tho motor nro ropres
od at I. Tlioy nro fast to tho cross-bars b
frnmo, whoso sido bars, c, nro rigidly sect
to, or formed in one with, tho axle-boxes l
tho nxlo of tho drivon whools E. Uotw
tlie cross-bars b oxtond, on oitlior sido of
motor and in tho spaeo botwcon tho win
auxiliary bars d niul c. liar <?, nt tho p
whore it crosses tho nxlo, has a sloovo, (V, wl
encircles tlio axle and forms ft supporting-1
on which tho commutator-brushes / of
motor are mounted, and can bo adjusted
operate in eon junction with tlio eommuti
f of tlio nnnnturo in tlio customary way. '
motor Ih rough tlio briisho
usual, witli tlio generator or sourco of c
tricnl onorgy. Tlio mnnnor of coiinoetinj
ing well known, requires no explanation h
Tho other auxiliary bar, e, is intended toci
tlio intermediate driving-gearing. One of
oar-wlicols E is provided witli an internal g
y, formed on or secured to tho whcol ft
near tlio tiro. On tlio rovolvingarniftturo-
rying sloovo it is spur- whcol h and Inter
diato between U and ij is a floating pinioi
spur wheel, /, of paper, wood, or otliorsuiU
material, attached to and supported in bf
and meshing witli both h and g. Under
arrangement, when tlio nrmnturo-gonr h i
revolution, motion will bo imparted from i
tlio wheel E through tlio inlormodiatopin
/, witli tho result of revolving tlio wlieol
and their axlo in a direction opposito to f
in which tho armature moves.
With a viow to stopping or starling tlio
at will, tlio gear U is looso on sloovo II, an
connected witli and disconnected thorefi
nECEW£&
j\)N sQ '89'
ty* -
w» S. Perry, Esq., Treasiirer,
N. J. & Pann'a. Concentrating v/orks,
New York City.
Daar Sir:-
Please note Hr. Edison's remarks on the enclosed noto
irom Dyer & Saely, in which they request a chock for $16.20, with
which to pay for a complete sat of patents on electrical ore sepa¬
rators. as you will observe, Hr. Edison desires you to furnish
them with this chock, as it is necessary, that he should have a
complete set of the patents.
Yours very
Private Secretary.
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0/7
'DYER 4. SEELY.
A. 0. Tate Esq.
LAW OFFICES, ,
receive^'
m 29
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Dear sir,
We beg to advitfi you_«rat we .have obtained
an estimate from the Patent Office of {he^cost of a<oomplet(^Taet of
patents on electrical ore separators. A complete set of these
patents will cost $16w20. If you desire to obtain a complete set,
kindly send us a check for that amount.
DYER & SEELY.
T. A. Edison, EBq. ,
Dear Sir:-
OFFICES, SPECIALTY I
June 30, 1891.
{yC-PUJ • jlst&iy & /C//
■ = -r 7
Our Mr. Driscoll who has in charge the Chin-
nock vs. Edison vs. Wheeler interference, desires to have a con¬
sultation with you before taking your testimony on your own behalf.
As the time expires on the 18th proximo, and as other witnesses
bed ides yourself will be examined, we trust you will appoint as
early a day as possible for this consultation. We cannot proeeed
to examine the other witnesses until your deposition is in.
Yours truly,
* DYER & SEELY.
LAW OFFICES, «
A. 0. Tate Esq.
Deal’ sir, -
NEW YC
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OK
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' i&‘» £V
We beg to advise you \;hat the final government
fee on Mr. Edison's case No. 874, Magnetic Belting, must be paid at
the Patent Office before August 12th. If Mr. Edison desires to
have this fee paid, kindly send us a check for $20. We enclose
herewith a tracing of the drawing, so that Mr. Edison may see just
what case we have reference to. Kindly return the traoing with
your reply.
. / Yours truly,
0”" z^4 \ " K/ “v '(?,/£, Sb, hU&Ze.
c-o G'kei-vtyrUt p, /‘fa* TT /-tst- Lt s^J/U
Vt+.
- July.7., — 1891
<4
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(;K H i
A. 0. Tate Esq.
Dear sir,-
We beg Vo advisl you\that thV final govern¬
ment fee on Mr. Edison's case No. 892, Phonographs, must be paid at
the Patent Office before August 11th next. If you desire to have
this fee paid, kindly send us a check for $20. We enclose here¬
with a traoing of the drawing in this case so that Mr. Edison may
know just what case we have reference to. Kindly return the
traoing with your reply,
Vmrra
i
( Confidential )
Dear Mr. Edison:
Dyer & Seely's bills for June amount to $3,996.80 for
Services and $820.61 for hash Disbursements. Total $4,817.51. Th eS(-
are the bills against tiie General Co. and the Light Co.. Of this
amount Dyer's services in the filament Case are $967.50, He chargd
$50 a day for attending in Court while the other lawyers were speak
ing and $10 an hour for attending at Mr. Lowrey's house in the eve¬
ning, making $90 a day.
I am willing to approve Dyer's bill, so far as his own
services in the ^lament Case are concerned. But his firm charge
$5 an hour for Mr. Drijcoll, and very heavy rates for professional
work done by Clerks. C&a+J t/
I dislike to raise the question of fees with Dyer & Seely
but I think I had better lay these bills for June before Insull and
take his instructions. The bill s' of Dyer & Seely have been run¬
ning very heavy for many months.
I mention the above in order that you may know what is
going on. Have you any suggestions to make?
Very truLy yours,
kj . £
, !u''
New York City, July 8th, 1891.
DYER & SEELY.
LAW OFFICES; m»o>«LTvi ,
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NEW YORK—.
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July 10, 1891.
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Thomas A. Edison, Bsqy
Dear Sir:- ^
We beg to advise you that the 2nd annuities on
your Prenoh, Belgian, Italian, Swiss and German patents on Electric
Railways (set 93) must be paid before August 1st*, 14th. 15th and
25th, respectively. The amount of these anmities will be *75. in
all. If you desire to have these pald,kindly send us a check for
that amount. We might remind you that not long ago you instructed
us to pay no further attention to converting the Swiss patent into
a o (triplets one by the filing of a photograph of the apparatus or
Y°urs tr*Tkfr*',
Ebis0n Laboratory.
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Hxoims A. Edison Esq.
bear
eholbdod frith your letter of the 16th indti, we Have had Ah inves¬
tigation made and fihd tHA facta to be ad fbllo'frSi
Ad br. ia iande Stated, a patent fr& isSued July 6, 1886,
to be Virfoy and others for a eeoohdary bdttery ih which the e*^
citing liquid wiia a mixture of zihcate of potash and sulphate of
^potash, the eleotrodea being of copper and carbon respectively, and
Acarbon plates having a wrapping of metallio oxide. There was a
TrentJh patent October 8, 1884, for the same battery. Another pat¬
ent was issued April 23, 1889, to J. *. Morris as adninfqtrator of '
Camil Dee Mazures, deceased, the first qlaim of whioh was for the
combination in q secondary bqtteary *fth qp alkaline liqq^of pure,
poroue, metallic plates. fhia pqtept Ws qsqigned by fforriq t®
,M.arie Antoinette Dee Insures of Paris, Prance, The J)ee Metres
Invention wpp pqtented in ^ngiqnd fune *5? 1886; fo (Jeimiqpp Mqrqft
IP, 1887; qnfl fn prqpqe May 3, 1887,
$1 ^889i H* flattery of Fort flqy^ Jndi,qp^
CP^lle4 for q ppteqt and was pe;jqq$qa pp tyq ftea pqtqnt.
He filed #f!dqvtt* ^o\rJng tQ the qqtiefaotion of the Patent Of¬
fice thqt he completed the invention in 1886, and this being earlier
W'j4^€y 2 4/9/
Referring to the ietter of Df i ta hands
■than Des Mazur es ' earliest foreign patent, the Patent Office put
Slattery into interference with Des Mazures' United States patent
on the following issue:
"In combination with one electrode and an al¬
kaline solution in the secondary oell, a second
electrode formed of compressed finely divided elec¬
trically reduced pure copper"
No testimony was taken on behalf of Des Mazures and apparently
nothing was done on his side of the case. Slattery took the tes¬
timony of a number of witnesses to show that he had made batteries
containing the invention in 1885, and thereupon the Patent Offioe
decided the interference in his favor. On February 10, 1891, he
received patent Now 446,104, which seems to cover the battery of
the Des Mazures patent.
Even if the owners of the Des Mazures patent had contested
the interference, they could not in this country have made use of
any date earlier than their earliest publication of the invention,
which was probably the 1886 English patent; so unless Slattery's
case might have been broken down on cross-examination or contra¬
dicted by other witnesses we do not see how Des Mazures oould have
had any chance of success .
We do not see what can be done about the matter now, unless
you wish to enter into a controversy in the courts to have the
question of interference between Slattery and Des Mazures re-
decided. The matter is closed as far as the Patent Office is con-
earned. We may say that the testimony of Slattery was to the of¬
fset that he used in 1885 a plate of compressed finely divided cop-
Per as one electrode and a plate of zinc as the other with a solu¬
tion of zincide of potasium. He save various reasons why he did'
not immediately apply for a patent or carry on his experiments
further, teethe Patent Office seens to have found that he was suf¬
ficiently diligent.
The patent of De Virfoy and others has never been involved
in any interference. It may be that the French patent of October
8, 1884, is a partial anticipation of Slattery's patent, but it
probably does not contain the electrode of compressed copper powder
for there is no such thing in the corresponding United States
patent.
We send you oopies of the patents of De Viroly, Des Mazures
and Slattery referred to herein.
DYER & SEELY.
V OFFICES, lt
New York - J.uly.....27., _ 1891,
A. Ov Tate Esq.
Dear sir,-
We are desirous of finding some lamps of the
Sawyer-Man Company or of the Consolidated Electric Company made
prior to May 1885 . 6ur Mrv Dyer thinks that some of the lamps
may be at the laboratory, and wo request that the matter bo looked
up. If any lamps subsequent to 1885 are found manufactured by
those companies, we wish you would inform us of thiB also.
Any lamps that are found may be laid out and Mr. 8'tierin-
ger will go over and look at then.
Yours truly,
Jkfw
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DYER 4, SEELY.
LAW OFFICES. „
38 WALL STREET,
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
f Dear sir, ^
]' » jy ^ teg to advise you that the second an¬
nuities on youi|W!noh, German and Italian patents on the method of
protecting ships' bottoms beoome due Septsnber 11, 1891. The
amount of these annuities is $55. Kindly advise us without delay
whether you desire to have these paid.
Yours truly,
J-n
DYER 4 SEELY.
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MR. EATON * S
MEM. OF BUSINESS
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PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE.
- July 51. 1891. -
[CONFIDENTIAL!
PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE.
MR. EATON’S MEM. FOR MEETING, -JULY Zl. 1891.
FILAMENT SPIT. There. is nothin? to add to the oral
report which I made at your last meeting on the 27th inst., except
to ask you to take action on Mr.,Lowrey’s bill for professional ser-
•vices. Mr. Dyer is paid,' Mr. .Seward’s bill is ndt yet reaeive.d, and
Mr. Lowrey.’s bill is before you.
■II.
.FEEDER CASE, BILL OF SIR WILLIAM THOMSON. ;As you will re¬
member, we sent to Glasgow to take the testimony of Sir William Thom-
-son in the Feeder Case. In my Mem. .for your meeting of May 26th, 1890,
I called attention to the fact that Sir William Thomson’s charges were
15 guineas per diem. His bill amounted to £372„ L5„0, and a Draft for
the amount has been sent to Glasgow.
•-QUESTION: • .Is our action in’ this matter approved?
III.
■MUNICIPAL LAMP CUT-ODT. For years an Interference has been
pending between Mr. Edison and Prof. Thomson, upon a Middle f/ire Cut-
Out, at present used in Municipal Lamps, .This interference has been
fought very stubbornly on both sides and was carried up to the tribun¬
al of last resort, where Mr. John S. Wise and Mr. Seely recently argued
• for us. .We lost, and a patent has been issued to Thomson. The
Thomson-Houston Co. have notified us that they will probably sue the
Lawrence Co., our licensee, for infringement. .Possibly they may ask
for a preliminary injunction. We have notified the Lawrence Co. that
we shall protect them. Meantime our experts are getting up a new
device to use instead of the old one.
QUESTION: Shall I .retain Counsel, if we are sued?
IV.
■ SERVED NOTICE ON STANDARD LAMP CO.’. APPLETON. WIS. Having
learned that the parties who formerly operated. the Opperman Lamp
factory at Plattsmouth, Neb., were going to start a new factory at
Appleton, Wis.. we have served on that Company a formal notice of its
infringement of the Edison Patents. The notice was served on June
15th last, on the President and Secretary of the above Company at
2.
Appleton.
QUESTION: .Is my action in serving this notice of infringement
approved?
SPIT ON SPRAGUE DISTRIBUTION PATENTS, .Suit on Edison Rail
Conductivity Patent. At your last meeting you authorized the commence¬
ment of suit upon the following three patents:
Sprague Main and Working Conductors No. 317,235, issued in 1885.
Sprague two sets of Working Conductors No. 328,821 issued in
1885.
Sprague Sectional Main Conductor No. .338,313 issued in 1886.
Suit has been commenced against the West End Street Railway Com¬
pany of Boston, a Thomson-Houston plant. The Counsel of the Thomson-
Houston Company accepted service of Subpoena in behalf of that Company.
The Answer in this suit is not due until the first Monday of August.
At the same time that the above suit was brought, we commenced
another suit against the same Company upon Edison patent No. 273,494,
dated March 6th, 1883, for an improvement to increase conductivity of
rails. This suit was also authorized by you at your last meeting, and
service of subpoena has been accepted by the counsel of the Thomson-
Houston Co.
.71.
SUIT AGAINST LINDELL RAILWAY,CO.. ST. LOUIS. A suit has been
commenced by the Adams Electric Railway Co. of St. Louis against the
hindell Railway Co. of that City. The suit is brought on Patent No.
300,823, issued June 24, 1884, to the said Adams Go., assignee of Well¬
ington Adams. .The Lindell Company is a large customer of the General
Co. and is operating an extensive electric railway .plant furnished by us.
The Lindell Co. has suggested the employment of their own attorneys,
Messrs. Boyle, Adams & McKeighan of St. Louis, to aid in this suit. They
are not familiar with patent suits, but I shall be ready to state orally
why we had better retain them.
QUESTION:. Shall we retain Messrs. Boyle, Adams & McKeighan?
711.
EXPIRATION OF FOREIGN PATENTS. Acting under authority given
me at your meeting of May 26, 1890, I have made arrangements to join in
a case now ready for the U. S. Supreme Court, involving the question
whether the date of the. filing of the application controls, instead of
the date of the patent,- touching the effect of the expiration of foreign
patents. The cpse referred to is Bate vs. Toffey. The details I will
explain orally to the Committee.
Judge Davis has been consulted and will prepare a brief for us.
The pase is dockettea for hearing at the October term, 1891.
QUESTION: Is my action in this case and in retaining Judge
Davis approved, and whom else shall we ask to file a brief for us?
3.
yin.
« BY US OH COMMUTATOR BRUSH OF HIGH RESISTANCE. At your
last meeting you authorized .us .to commence suit on Edison patent No.
:276,.233 for a Commutator Brush of High resistance. .As .you will
probably remember. I stated to you in my last memorandum, that a suit,
had been brought against us by the Thomson-Houston Company for brushes
of a similar nature, covered by patents of Forbes and Fanderpoele. Mr.
Edison’s patent antedates both of those upon which we are sued. We
have commenced our suit against the Hudson Electric Light Company,’, of
Hudson, New York, a licensee of the Thomson-Houston Company. The Bill
of Complaint has been filed, and the Counsel of the Thomson-Houston
Company have accepted service and will defend the suit for that Company.
IX,
■SUIT 3Y CS ON COMPOUND WOUND DYNAMOS. At your last meeting
you authorized me to commence suit on Edison patent No. 234,668 .for
.Compound Wound Dynamos, issued September 19th, 1882. The Bill of Com¬
plaint in this suit has not yet been filed, as there is a question
whether our suit should be brought against a lighting plant, or against
a power plant, or both. Owing to the fact that we have been busily
engaged in the Filament Case, the Bill of Complaint has not yet been
filed, but we shall try to have the suit commenced in the August term
of Court, against a defendant yet to be selected.
We have decided to use Mr. ?ansiz9 as our expert in the various
dynamo suits for and against us. He is under salary. Moreover,
he makes an admirable expert witness.
X.
RENEWAL OF MR. .OSLER’S RETAINER. .About a year ago you decided
that the Canadian patent cases, then pending, should be transferred
from Mr. .Cameron,' the lawyer who then had them in charge, to Mr. ,B. B.
Osier, another Toronto lawyer; also that we give Mr. Osier an annual
retainer of $150. .commencing -June 30, 1890. . Mr. Osier has asked for
said annual retainer for the ensuing year, and I advise that we pay it.
QUESTION; Shall we renew this retainer for another year?
XI.
RENEWAL OF MR. CAMERON’S RETAINER. When the suits mentioned
above were turned over to Mr. Osier by Mr . Cameron, the former was un¬
willing to take them unless we retained Mr. Cameron for at least a year.
You authorized me to do this, and we paid Mr. Cameron one annual retain¬
er of $250, The year has expired, and Mr. Cameron now asks for a
similar payment as retainer for another year.
QUESTION: Shall we renew Mr, Cameron’s retainer for another
year?
XII.
RE. RETAINING MR. MITCHELL. As soon as Mr. Mitchell’s resigna¬
tion as Commissioner of Patents is accepted, he will return to patent
practice, and I have had some talk with Mr. Wright about .retaining him,
if we can.
QUESTION; Shall we retain Mr* .Mitchell?
XIII.
PERKINS LAMP SUITS. RETAINERS. Among those who worked in
Mr ..Maxim’s Laboratory years ago, when he was experimenting on incandes¬
cent lamps, were two glass blowers, Joseph V. Nichols and William Baetz,
It became important in the Perkins Lamp Suits to have the testimony of
these men as to the details of lamp making done by them at that time,
and after some trouble we succeeded in retaining them in behalf of the
Light Company, so as to get their testimony. To Mr.. Nichols has been
paid a retainer of $200.00 and to Baetz a retainer of $100.00.
QUESTION; Is my action in retaining Nichols and Baetz ap¬
proved?
XIV.
RETAINER TO HIRAM S. MAXIM. For reasons I shall state orally,
we have retained Mr. Maxim. His retainer was $1,000.", and his per
diem is $75. Mr. Edison approved of it, and I also obtained the ap¬
proval of Mr. Wright.
QUESTION: Do you approve of our having retained Mr. Maxim?
XV.
RETAINER TO ALBERT H. 'WALKER. During the argument of the Fila¬
ment Case, and at Mr. Lowrey’s request, we retained Mr. Albert H. Walker,
a well known patent lawyer of Hartford, and the author of a standard
text book on patents. His retainer was $100. with a provision for
payment of $50. per day and expenses while actually serving in the Fila¬
ment Case. For this retainer Mr. Walker agreed to serve the Light
Company in all stages of the Filament Case, present and future, at the
rate of $50.00 per day, plus usual expenses; also not to accept any re¬
tainer against any of the Edison Companies without first giving them an
opportunity to retain him in their behalf.
QUESTION: Is our action in retaining Mr. Walker on the above
terms approved?
XVI.
RETAINER TO JOHN C. HENRY. Mr. Henry was an early experimenter
in Electric Railways, and has taken out a number of patents. He of¬
fered to sell these pate.nts to the Edison General Company, but they
are not worth the price set on them, viz: . $125, 000. We felt, however,
that Mr. Henry’s knowledge of what was clone at early nates should be at
our command in the various railway suits now pending for and against
us, and we have retained him. for an annual retainer of $100. to serve
as expert in all patent suits and patent office proceedings, in which
the Edison General Electric Company or its associate Companies, or Mr.
Edison, are interested. His rate is 125.00 per day for services, with
ordinary expenses.
QUESTION: Is our action in retaining Mr. Henry on the above
terms approved?
XVII.
OUR NEW HAVEN THREE-WIRE CASE. Our prima facie case has been
closed. Our expert witnesses were Mr. Stieringer and Mr. Jenks. The
cross-examination of the latter was being carried on by the defendant
evidently with an intention to make all the delay possible. We there¬
upon applied to the Court to shorten their time for completing the cross-
examination. This application was successful, and the defendant was
allowed only ten days to complete the cross-examination of Mr. Jenks.
The defendant has three months from September 1st to put in testimony
in defense.
XVIII.
OUR TRENTON FEEDER CASE. We are now putting in our rebutting
testimony in this case. .The .re-direct examination of Prof. Chandler,
one of our expert witnesses, is going on and we expect to finish it
during the present week. .The only remaining witness on our side in
rebuttal is Henry L. Brevoort, who is still to be cross-examined. This
case is nearly ready for argument, but we may argue the Bridgeport Feeder
Case first, for reasons suggested by Mr. Betts, our counsel, and hereto¬
fore stated by me to the Committee.
XIX.
.BRIDGEPORT PEEPER CASE. Our pr.ima facie case in this suit is
now being put in and will be closed this week. Our Mr. -Jenks is now
under cross-examination. The defense have been cross-examining him for
forty-five full days. The other witnesses examined in making our
prima facie case were L. H. Latimer and -J. H. R. Ward.
. XX.
LAMP DETAILS SUITS AGAINST PERKINS. . We are pressing these, suits
against the Perkins Co. The defense has delayed us all they could, and
as their counsel were also engaged in the Filament Case, it has been
difficult for us to press the case rapidly. .The defense is approaching
completion, and we have been actively engaged for some time past in
gathering evidence for our rebuttal. We shall use Mr. Hiram S. Maxim
and several of his former employees, having obtained important affidavits
from the latter.
SUIT AGAINST US ON FIELD ELECTRIC RAILWAY PATENT. The com¬
plainants in this suit closed their prima facie case in Anrii last,
are making preparation to go on with the examination of witnesses for
defence. We shall use Mr. Mansize as our expert. Messrs. Dyer 4
Seely have immediate charge of our side of the case.
We
XXII.
THE, BAST READING SUIT AGAINST US.. .Our direct examination of
witnesses for our defence in this suit has been practically closed. Our
chief witness, Mr. W. E. Vansize, was last on the stand. We have just
completed a model section of electric railway, which is to be put in as
an exhibit in the case and one question will be asked of Mr. Vansize
so as to get this model in the case. Our defence on direct examination
will then oe closed and the complainants will cross-examine our witnesses.
Mess. Dyer & Seely, aided by Mr. Betts, are in charge of our defence.
XXIII.
THE .SUIT AGAINST US ON 3 RUSH TEASER PATENT. The complainants
have not yet started to make their prima facie case. It is doubtful
whether they will commence now before September. We are not hurrying
■XXI y.
THE SUIT AGAINST US ON BRUSH PATENT FOR COPPER SHEATHING. The
complainants closed their prima facie case on -July 17th. We do not
expect to commence taking our testimony in defence until September or
October.
■XXV. .
PERKIMS SUIT AGAINST US ON HIS SWITOH PATBiMT. Mr. Perkins
through his solicitor, C. L. Buckingham, has brought suit in the United
States Circuit Court here against the Edison General Electric Company,
for infringing Perkins patent No. 347,103, dated September 15, 1831.
The suit was commenced on July 34, 1891. Mr. .Edison thinks that we can
break down the Perkins Patent. We also rely on Mr. Maxim to aid us.
Generally speaking, pur legal position as to switch inventions
and patents is weak. The questions involved are numerous and complicated.
Mr. Betts states that he has never met more difficult questions. Our
lawyers and experts all agree, however, on these questions, except Mr.
Betts, who takes a different view from all the others on one or, two points
involving the Johnson Switch Patent. All agree, howe.ver, that this
patent is not of controlling importance, although Mr. Betts, and he
alone,- thinks the Edison switch infringes it. All agree that the Edi¬
son switch infringes the Perkins patent.
QUESTION; Shall I retain Counsel when necessary for
fence in the said Perkins suit?
Respectfully submitted.
8. B. EATON,
General Counsel.
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Edison Electric Light Company,
' ' Complainant,
AGAINST
Defendant.
In Equity.
.Thomas A. Edison, boing duly sworn, doposes and
• says ns follows :
lam forty-four yoarg of ago, and rcsido -at Llewellyn
! Pari;, Now Jorsoy, and mn by occupation an iurontoi'.
I I am the patonteo of tho patent lioro in suit, and be¬
lieve myself to bo tho original invontor of tho subjoot
matter, theroin described.
. . The subject of electrical lighting 'Oocupicd iny atten¬
tion at intervals from a vory early period in my life.
As oarly- ns 1864 I commenced to experiment in the
field 'of electric lighting, and havo Continued such line
'of experimenting, s from timo to timo, down to the year
*, 1887, without, ko’wevor, preserving a record of my work
prior to tho latter date.
During the eariy -part of tho yoar 1877, and for some
'time prior 'thei'eto, I had boon oxporimeutiug on my
; 'colrbon telephone. Toward tho fall of 1877, having
about finished this line of labor, and having sovornl
ideas which I desired to work up, I took up tho subject
'of subdividing the electric light.
Of my experiments commencing at this timo somo,
though by no monus'cdmplctp, records havo been pre¬
served, and havo been introduced in various logal pro-
'ceedings in which my inventions becamo involvod.
'When I began such work in 1877, 1 was tho owuor of
’a, laboratory at Menlo Park, which cost mo in tho neigh¬
borhood of $80,000 to eroot and oquip with scientific
appliances and materials, and had in my omploy oight
# "assistants.
v ' Beginning about July and running through sovornl
months thereafter of tho year 1877, 1 tried oxporiments,
using corbonizod papor ns an incandcscont conductor. 1
"employed two lands of carbon rocoptaclos or cllambors
in theso exporimonts : one consisting of an air pump,
'its bitso and a bell jar covor, the conductor boing passed
. 'through tho base of tho air pump and tho boll jar placad
. 'over tho terminals of . such conductors and tho air ox-
:hnustod, the strip of carbonized paper being secured
'botween tho terminals aud brought up to iucaudoseouco
in the vacuum thus produced upon tho passage of tho
"current. Tho other chamber utilized was a piece of
i • _ _ - philosophical apparatus knpwu ns a Gnssiot cascade,
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through tho bnso of tho air pump and the boll jar placed
OYor tho terminals of such conductors and the air ex¬
hausted, tho strip of carbonised papor boing soenrod
botween tho terminals and brought up to iucandosconco
in tho vacunm thus produced upon tho passage of tlio
Current. Tho othor clmmbor ntilizod was a pieco of
philosophical apparatus known ns a Gnssiot cascado,
commonly employod in lcoturo rooms to show tlio plio-
nomoun of tho olectrio brush j it consisted of a spliori-
enl chambor of glass, with metallic onds which formed
"a part of the terminals, and having a stop cock so ar¬
ranged ns to bo placed ovor tho inlet-tube of an exhaust
.pump to exhaust tho air front tho globe, and was db-
, tnchablo from the air pump in the oxhoustod condi¬
tion.
Tho cnrbonizod papor thus usod ob tho iucandoscing
conductor in tho construction of containing chambers
above described was, on the passago of tho currout, al¬
most immediately consumod by combustion, lasting
porliaps a minuto or two ; it, liowover, was hooted by
tho passago of tho curront to incaudosconco and gavo
light. Tho papor enrbons thus tried varied in shape
mid sizo. Strips wore used about on inch long and ono-
sixtoonth of an iuoh broad and six or sovou ouo-thou-
sandths of an inch thick. Strips of carbon in tho form
. of a horsoshoo woro also tried uudor tho boll-jar of tho
air-pump and brought up to iucnndosconco.
Besides tlioso experiments with cnrbonizod papor in
vacuo, I also plncod strips of onrbouizod papor in elec¬
tric circuit and brought thorn up to incandescence in
the opon air. They possessed no durability whatever,'
.being immediately oxidized and having very mueh loss
durability than when tried in tho vacuum ohnmbors
above referred to.
. , The fact' that carbonized paper was immediately eon-
. sumed or oxidized on tho passago of tho curront through
.it in the opon air, and tho faot that its introduction
mto such a vacuum as we wore then able to obtain did
,.not materially prolong its durability, led me to conclude,
'■ that a strip of. carbon was not tho propor material to
bo employed 'as the bnrnor of an olectrio lamp in tho
conditions then available to mo;
. Metals which were practically unoxidizablo thou sug¬
gested themsolvos, and of thosolsoloctod for experiment
.tho most infnsiblo, such ns boron, silicon, ruthinium
and chromium. I also ondenvorod to malto the papor
carbons durable by coating thorn with glass hud silicon,
which on tho passago of current would molt and form a,
protecting film ngainst oxidation, but tho rosults woro
not promising. Tho oxporimouts with boron, silicon,
and othor infusible metals woro continued for somo
timo, and I was onablod to maintain a pioco of silicon
incandescent for an horn- at a timo.
■ Tho results of all theso experiments in tho year 1877,'
howovor, woro not sufficiently satisfactory to bo con¬
sidered ayailablo in any sonso for commercial light¬
ing. •
In addition to oxjiorimonting on tho production of a'
lamp, I also considered tho mnnnor of arranging tho
circuits for lamps having humors of dillbrout substancos,
. ns for iustauc.0, with boron, whieh.has a vory high ro-
sistnneo, I doterminod that it would have to bo arranged'
in multiple arc, and that silicon) which has a vory low
rosistmico, would liavo to bo arranged in sorios. I con¬
tinued those experiments down until about January,'
. 1878, having oxpondod botween iivo and Bix thousand
dollars thereon. Thou my timo and attention were nb-
. sorbed by tho oxcitoment unused by tlio invention and-
exhibition of . tho phonograph. My whole timo
und tho . timo of my assistants down to .July
of 1878 was employed upon tho perfection
of tlio phonograph, nnd then my- health being
.broken down by several yenrs, continuous labor, J
wont to California nnd othor places West, spending
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about two mouths. On my return in August, 1878; I
immediately took up tho oxporimeuts of 1877, inter¬
rupted by tho phonograph and tho state of my health,
and continued tho samo night and . day down to the
time of tho.invcntion which is tho subject of the patent
in suit, and for many months and yoars thereafter..
In tlio fall of this year (1878) I ontorodinto relations
With tho Edison Eloctrio Light Company, under- an
agroomont by wliioh I was to porfoct tho system of
oleotvio lighting I had in contemplation. My laboratory
at Menlo Parle was to bo tho sceno of my operations,
and my working force, both, in tho laboratory and in
tho machino shop annexed, was immediately increased,
tho best mechanical skill being obtained, ns woll ns tho
sorvicos of scientists and niathomatioiuus, and my ex¬
periments eoinmonccd on an oxtoudod scale, I at one
timo during the' courso of experiments having npwards
’ of ono hundred mon engaged upon various branches of
•experimental work rotating to olcctric lighting.
' My main efforts at this time took two directions, to
wit, the pVoduction of an incaudcscout lamp employing
■nu infusible metal as tho btirnor, and a semi-inoandes-
cent lamp employing carbon in contact with another
material, tho light to bo i>roduced at tho point of con¬
tact of tho two. In neither of thoso forms of lamp was’
•a vacuum required, tho burners boing renewable like
the wick of an ordinary lamp, and tho lamp chambers
being in two or more parts.
On Octobor 14, 1878, 1 filed on application for a pat¬
ent, subsequently granted April 22, 1879, as No. 214,63b,
Vheroiu is dosoribed an automatic ' thermal regulator *
’designed to regulate tho current to avoid fusion of the
burner. Ift this application tho burner is described as
“ of platinum, rhodium, titanium or any other suitable
‘conductor having a high fusion point * * * usd’d
in the form of a wiro or thin plate or loaf."
November 18, 1878, 1 filod another application upon
which Patent No. 214,637 was granted, for a difforont
form of thermal regulator dcsignod to offoct tho same
’object as tho application Inst mentioned, and, again, on
December 9, 1878, 1 filod nnothor application on which
Fatout No. 218, 8G6 was grautod for still nnothor form
‘pf regulator. Copies of said patents nro hereto an¬
nexed. -
In the application- executed by mo Docombor .3,
1878, upon which Patent No. 219,628 was issued, I de¬
scribed a burner for an incaudescont lamp formod of n
conductor of finely divided platinum, iridium, nitliin-
- iuin or othor material difficult of fusion, incorporated
with non-conducting material. In this application I
'stated that tho burner boonmo luminous “.by n com-
.ipnrativoly small olectrio current,” and pointed- out that
‘ ’the burner could bo made of difforont dogrocs of re¬
sistance by mixing finoly divided conductors of in¬
fusible materials, such ns oxide of mognosium or zir¬
conium, but did not limit mysolf to tlio composite
burner, “as tho finely divided motals, owing to thoir
porosity, have high resistance, nnd becomo easily ineau-
desoont.” . .
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In tho application oxocutod by mo Docombor 3,
1878, upon which Patont No. 210,028 was issued, X do-
scribed a humor for an incnndeseont lamp formed of n
conductor of linoly dividod platinum, iridium, rutlrin-
ium or otlior material diillcult of fusion, incorporated
with non-conducting material. In this application I
‘stated that tho burner booarno luminous “.by a com-
■ 'pnrativoly small oloctrio current,” and pointed out that
‘ 'the burner could bo rnado of different degrees of re¬
sistance by mixing linoly dividod conductors of in¬
fusible materials, such ns oxide of magnosinm or zir¬
conium, but did not limit mysolf to tho composite
burner, “ ns tho finely dividod metals, owing to thoir
porosity, have high rosistanco,and bccomo onsily incan¬
descent.”
I finally conoludod that tho only possible solution
of the problem of subdividing tho oloctrio light was
' that tho lamps must linvo a high resistance and small
radiating surfaco so ns to bo capable of working in mul¬
tiple arc commoroinlly. By tho subdivision of tho
olectric light I moan an arrangomont whoroby many
thousand lamps can bo placed on a single circuit and onch
bo ontiroly indopoudont of tho others, so that any lamp
can bo turned on or off withot affecting its neighbors,
and this wo bolioved could only bo accomplished by
' employing tho lamps in a multiplo arc cirouit with high
rosistanco burners, boonuso only by such an arrange¬
ment of tho lamps in cirouit could thoir indopoudont
control bo practically offootod, and burners of high ro-
1 sistanco woro nocossary in order that tho sizo>nd cost
of tho conductors should not bo oxcessivo.
Besides our oxporimonts in 1878 on incandoscoht
‘ lamps with infusiblo humors and somi-incnndcscont
lamp employing carbon, wo also experimented at con¬
siderable length upon iucandcscout lamps having car¬
bon burners in such a vacuum as we could got with an
ordinary air pump ; these latter experiments being
tried from time to tirno during tho oxporimonts on tho
' infusiblo motals and somi-incaudosceut lamp. In tho
oarly fall of 1878 we had this vacuum pump placed in
ordor, for tho purpose of conducting somo oxporimonts
on incandescont carbon conductors in vaouo, and wo
tried a groat nuinbor of oxporimonts with paper car¬
bon, wood carbons, nud carbons made with carbonizod
broom corn. But our oxporimonts in those linos, with
tho pump wo had, worn not ns satisfactory os tho
oxporimonts wo woro conducting with platinum con¬
ductors, boenuso if wo gave tho carbon suoh o
• form as to-liavo a small moss and high rosist-
would lost but sovoral minutes, and
‘ consequently we laid those oxporimonts asido’and went
on with tho experiments on platinum nud otlior infusi¬
ble motals to ondeavor to obtain a lamp of high resist¬
ance and small radiating surfaco. The groat ond wo •
“desired to roach was a lamp of high rosistanco and
smnll radiating surface ami it did not matter very much
wbothcr it was carbon or platinum that led us to it.
IVo also tried papor coated with tar and lamp-black •
and carbonized, in clamps connected in circuit and
plaeod under tho bell-jar of a vacuum pump in Sep¬
tember or October, 1878 ; wo also , triod carbonized
broom-corn in thO'saino way ; about fifty carbons boiug
made for thoso oxporimonts, measuring about one
thirty-second of an inch in broadtliPand one or two
• inchos in length. We also resorted to tho uso of
potassium and sodium within tho lamp dumber when
these carbons woro omployod, for tho purpose of ab¬
sorbing oxygon and tlioroby effecting a higher vacuum
than obtainable by our pump.
Tho problem that I uudortoolc about the timo of my
'''arrangement with tho Edison Electric Light Company
was not merely tho production of a suitable lamp, but
it involved a vast Hold of. investigation probably never
before attempted by ono individual in its ontiroty.
Stated generally, this problem maybe said to involve
tho production of tho multifarious apparatus, methods
and devices, each adapted for uso with evory other,
and all forming a comprohoiisivo system whereby olec-
’tricity properly controlled and directed could bo
distributed over largo aroas' through tho streets of a
city, and supplied to houses jn which it would food in¬
candescent electrio lamps of moderate cnndlo-powor,
which would bo entirely undor the control of tho house-
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out system of gas distribution, and affording llio samo
character of convenience to the usors.
‘ I’liisf. 'The first thing necessary to bo done was to
adopt a fundamentally correct systom of distributing
tlio electric current, which would bo economical and
practicable from n commercial standpoint. Tho ossou-
tials of a eomprolicunivo systom of electrical illumina¬
tion similar to tho gonoral plan of illumination by gas
wero a network of conductors all connected togotborso
that in tho area of a city tho lights could bo fod with
electricity from scvornl directions, thus olimiuating the
disturbances in particular sections.
Second. It was noccssary to doviso an oloctric lamp
which would give about the samo amount of light ns
tlio gas jet, which custom had provod was a suitable
and useful unit of light, which lamp should possoss
tho quality of boing operated by current convoyed by-
small conductors to savo investment in coppor. It
was also noccssary that each lamp should bo in¬
dependently controllablo with rotation to ovory
other lamp on tho samo circuit; that tho light
should bo produced sufficiently economically to
.commercially compote with gas; 'That tho lamp
should be dnrnblo aud capable of boing hnndlod by
the public ; cheap to manufacture, and one that would
romnin incnndcscont aud stablo a great length of time.
'Thibd. It was also nocossnry to doviso moans whoro-
by tho amount of light fnrnishod a consumer could bo
accurately determined as in tho enso of a gas motor,
and that this should bo done ohcaply and roliably.
Foubth. It -9ns also necessary to doviso a system of
conductor capablo of boipg placod underground or
overhead, and which would allow of boing tnppod at
intervals, speaking gonorally, about tho width of each
house facing tho stroot, so that- scrvico wires could bo
run from tho main conductors into each houso as gas
pipes run from gas mains. Whore, tho conductors
’were to be placod underground, which seomod to bo
a necessity in large cities, it was nocossnry to doviso a
system of protected pipes for tho coppor conductors
which would allow , of tlioir boing tapped whorovor
required ; also man-liolcs, junction boxes, connections
’and tho various paraphomnlin of a complete systom
for underground distribution.
Fnrrn. It was also necessary to doviso means to
■produce at all points nnd on an oxtoudod nron of
distribution a practically ovon pressure analogous to
£ns, bo that all of tho lights should givo an oqunl light
at all times and independent of tho numbor that might
be in use. I had also to doviso moans for regulating
at the point wliero tho enrrout was generated, tho
quality and oquality of tho prossuro of tho curront
throughout tho whole lighting area ; also a moans of
indicating what tho pressure was at tlio various points
Of the area.
Sixth. I had also to doviso economical dynnmo ma¬
chines for tho conversion of stoam power into olootric-*
.tty ; moons for connoctipg, disoonnooting, working and.
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and tlio various pmaphornolin of a coinploto system
for underground distributiou.
Firm. It was also uocossary to doviso means to
produco nt all paints nnd on an oxtondod nroa of
distribution a practically ovou pressure analogous to
gas, so that all of tlio lights should givo an equal light
at nil times nnd independent of tlio number that might
bo in uso. I had also to doviso moans for regulating
at tlio jioiut whom tho curront was generated, tlio
quality and oqunlity of tho prossuro of tho curront
‘throughout tho wliolo lighting area ; nlso a moans of
indicating wlint tho prossuro was at tho various points
Sixth. I had nlso to doviso economical dynamo ma¬
chines for tho conversion of stoam power into oloctrie-
ity ; moans for connocting, disconnecting, working and.
regulating tho snmo ; moans for equalising tlioir loads ;
moans for regulating tho nuinbor of machines to bo
used to tho demands on tho station for olectricity from
tho users of tho light. Tho arrangomont of comploto
stations with steam power and electric apparatus and
dovices of all kinds to suit tho varying conditions of
buildings available for such stations in citios.
Seventh. It was also uocossary to doviso dovices
which would provont tho curront nsod from bocoming
excessive upon any conductors, and causing iiro or
otlior injury ; switches, whoroby tho curront could bo
turned on or off nt such points as it was dosirable as
this should bo done ; lamp holdors, oloctric cliaudoliors,
and tho like; It was also uocossary to doviso moans
and mothods for placing wires that wore to convoy tho
current to tho climidoliors in tho building.
In fact, I had to fnco tho problem of founding an
entirely now art nnd industiy. My system contem¬
plated tho gonoration of olcctric curront on a very
oxtondod seolo, and its distribution throughout an ex¬
tended area, nnd tho division nnd subdivision of tho
curront into small units converted into light nt iu-
nhmorablo points in ovory possiblo direction from
the point of its gonoration. Nothing of this char¬
acter had ovor boon undortalcon boforo, and tho
accomplishment of this result prosoutdd at almost
every point problems of tho utmost dilliculty, tho solu¬
tion of which was not suggested by anything that had
gone boforo in tho art, but required a great amount of
experimenting nnd labor.
• Experiments commoiicod in tho fall of 1878 in all tho
directions indicated above, to tho end that tho ontiro
problem presonted. might bo solvod at tho same timo,
and the probability avoidod of producing a unit of tho
eiitiro mass, which woxdd bo out of harmony with tho
remainder.
In tho yonr 1879 my oxporimonts woro continued
night nnd day for many months, and woro confined to
lamps having humors of tho platinum group, with tho
exception of somo oxporimonts in January, 1879,
wherein carbon was used in contact with a motnl
pinto, light boing produced nt tlio point of contact, said
lamp being designed ns a “ shop lamp,” affording a
limited subdivision and not a subdivision ovor largo'
aroas.
About April, 1879, I dovised a means wlioroby
• platinum wire, which molts in tho opon air at a point
whore it omits a light oqnal to four caudles, would emit
a light equal .to twonty-fivo candles without fusion.
• This was accomplished by introducing tho platinum
wire into an all-glass cliambor, highly exhausted, and
passing the curront through tho platinum wire whilo
. tho vacuum was boing nmdo. This dovico was doscribcd
jn Patent No. 227,229, a copy of which is horoto an¬
nexed. In tho sumo patent I nlso point out tho ad¬
vantage of using a burner of high rcsistanco, stating
“ that the high rosistanco. of the lamp allows thorn to bo
placed in multiple arc, which is tho only motliod where
the maximum economy is obtained.”
Tho lamp of this patent is shown as including a ther¬
mal regulator to avoid fusion of tlio burner on tho pns-
joigo of intonso currants.
■ My exporimonts during 1879, upon platinum and
• other like metals woro continued with unremitting vigor*
ami my laboratory was kopt going night nnd day. Tho
knowledge obtained by mo, that tlio passage of a.our-
1 “lit through platinum during tho process of exhausting
tho chamber in which it was contained, would di ivo out '
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the one-millionth part of aa atmosphere. TlZZ ?
monts.jpenp'ato.unandkind.oa iotals continued-
nswg these forms of pump.
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Seed ne~a ° °f ^ b"ni0r ™8 *■>"*>* amT
mdeett necessary, m n eommowiftl system, in order to
Theiatrials’oni' T of abllormal °«™uis.
ZT materials of the burners wore expensive and wore
remiisitoT1! ?!* r°8istallc°! bo“o to obtain the
resistance it was necessary to use the
,e a W11Q *n 8r0at lengths (as muoli as thirty foot) '
iX t0 bTg.lk withiu smnU npaoo upon a bobbin of
mfusibie materiai. The desired economy, simfiy
and durability were not obtained. • P • • y
The conditions for maintaining this liich vacua
made possible by the employmont of an all-glass claim
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- Wwas »ot0^°f?th0«bnmer 0f “ inoaudeBcont
‘ paduaUv durino V1°"S ^ “Ud Wa8 al™od at
WM H. ng ,“y e^6nmont3 witb Hi® platinum.
nil-glass chambor exhausted to the ono-
lnillionth of an atmosphoro, it occurred to mo to trv
carbon mstoadof platinum as a burner, and on the 21.1
of October, 1879, I introduced a carbonized cotton
neuring thread bent into a loop or horseshoe form K
aicorZ -n0 l0trd:Rml 0XhaVat°d- a,,d ‘lie
.dmcovepr with s„eh lamp that the filament of carbon
under tho conditions of high vacua was absnb,fni„
, stable and would stand high tomporaturos without the
phenomena of disintegration and oxidation, which took
place in l all the previous attempts that I know of using
•carbon to make an incandescent lamp. Tho problem
of incandescent olootrio lighting was solved. Up to
2““ had spent in money furnished by tho Edison
• w, L‘ebt ComP“ny about $40,000.
earn ' “m1 tri°? tbis oxP°rimont I oxpoctcd that tho
carbon filament would gradually wear away, but hoped ...
that tho wearing away would not bo so groat, under tho
cond,tonsofhighvacuaIhad,as to pLoitt T.
at tho temperature at whioh I proposed to run it.
_ This discovory, surprising, as it wus to. mn at tlm •
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tholclmmbor so formed;.,,, d exhausted. and matlo ”
.discovery with sach lamp that tho filament of carbon
.mder tho conditions of high vacua was absolutely
, stable and would stand high temperatures without the
phenomena of disintegration and oxidation, which took
place in all the previous attempts that I know of using
■ carbon to mnko an incandescent lamp. Tho problom
of inonndcscent olootrio lighting was solvod. Up to
fliis time I had spout in monoy furnished by tho Edison
Electric Light Company nbout §40,000.
When I triod this experiment I oxpoctcd that the
carbon filninont would gradually wear away, but hoped
that the wearing away would not bo so groat, under tl.o
conditions of high vacua I had, as to provoiit its uso
at the tomporaturo at which I proposed to run it.
This discovery, surprising ns it was to mo at tho
. time, immediately onablod mo to dotormino that fine
filaments of carbon with high total resistance and in
nature of high specific resistouco could bo used ns tho
lnonndosoing conductor for olootrio lighting by a system
. ot wwtiplo arc distribution, thoroby permitting econ- •
omy in tho cost of coppor conductors for convoying
. the current to tho lamps, and hoiico placing oloctric
lighting upon a oommoroial basis to compote with tho
, thou known methods of illumination.
Li addition to tho fact that I had discovered tho
■ of carb°“ when used under propor conditions
the lamp which was rnndo to fulfill such conditions pos-
flossing, as it did, an all-glass chambor highly ex¬
hausted, with platinum loading-in wires, and tho town-
ous filament of carbon, had iu addition othor advan¬
tages and characteristics. Those characteristics wore
;> . ftt tljose 1**8^ resistance lamps wore of small radiat-
; nig surfaco, and houoo economical for tho reason that
• ®maUor connoting wires could be usod for- conveying
the current, as owing to tho high resistance of tho
. : lamps, weak currents only were noccssaiy and suiliciont
energy to produce tho desired luminosity could bo
forced through tho conductors, loading-in wires, and
filament, by increasing tho olootrical pressure or oloo-
tro-motivo force. If lamps of low resistance wore
.placed ,iu multiple are iu a siuglo oir-
.omt, tho aggregate resistance of all tho
.lamps would be vory low and conductors corrospond-
uigly of largo dimensions would bare to bo used;
.otherwise a groat loss of current in tho form of heat
would tako place iu tho conductor. As for iustouco, if
the rosistnnco of oacli lamp was mado ono hundred
•times greater, thou tho conductor! could have a hun¬
dred times loss area, tho losses boingtho samo in both
■ raises. Tho economy of uso follows from tho fact that
the filament of carbon boing small in oross-soction, tho
carbou wab also inexpensive when compared with the.
groat length of platinum uocossary to obtain high rd-
sistance; tho necessity for a thermal regulator was also
obviated ns tho carbou filament was capnblo of stand-
;mg much greater variations in current temperatures
without fusing than was platinum, does not conduct
heat any hotter than it does olectricity, nnd therefore
very little heat is conducted from tho glowing inenn- '
descent conductor to tho clamps and npplianccs for
supporting tho same. Honco no special appliances are'
necessary to got rid of tho boat conduction.
Agam, high vacua renders tho filament practically
■stable and at tho samo time results in groat economy iu -
tho uso of electricity as practically all tho energy is
lost by radiatiou and nouo by conduction. Honco this
lamp is, I behovey tho first ono ovor produced that was
•commercially availably for competition with lighting by
.any hence is quickly and economically •
° , ,Bamo in 0,0 process of manufuotiir,
tho whole lamp is so light ns to be used on clinn
Jiow used for gas, in' great numbers. After m
tompis thrown away, its low cost and long life „
fangthis without making this apparent waste appro--
At the time I introduced the carbonized thread into
tho all-glass vacuum ohnmbor I had become well
acquainted with the properties Of oarbon, both or
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awl inorganic. In the years 187C nml 1877 I hacl en¬
gaged in tlio production of various articles of carbon,
intending to -establish a commercial business in such'
nrticlos, especially for plootrical purposes. In the ox-
porimeuts on my carbon tolophono, pnpor of various
kinds and tliicknosscs was carbonized and used. And,
ns beforo stated, I lmd determined experimentally ’that
organic carbon on the passago of a ourront in the opon
air was immediately consumed by combustion, and that *
its lifo could bo prolonged to some extent when heated
oloctricnlly in the* vacuum obtained with tlio ordinary
air pump, but to no practicable oxtont. ' I had also, us
boforo stated, dotonninod that tlio lamp I desired
should bo of high rosistanco, and know that ns botwoen
organic and inorganic carbons tho former possessed high
resistance, while tho lattor did not. Therefore, whon I
introduced tho carbonized cotton sowing thread into
tho liighly-oxhaustod all-glass chambor, I know that I
wns introducing a carbon of high rosistanco, tho lifo
I , °£ wjiich I oxpootod to bo prolonged bocauso of. tho
absence of oxygon noccssnry to support combustion,
but ns with platinum and other metals I hnd ’dis,
covered that disintegration Ttook placo upon ' the
passago of tho current in a vacuum ns high as that
into which ^introduced tho carbonized, thread (such
disintegration being indicated by tho discoloration of
tho glass globes of tho lamp.)' I expected with ‘carbon
a like disintegration. When I stated abovo that I dis-
covered that a curbonizod thread wns “absolutely
stable ” I did not liman that no disintegration took
placo at any time 'thoroiu. I meant flint no poredpti-
• bio disintegration could bo obsorved with such carbou-
• ized thread such as could bo observed with burners of
platinum, and indoed it is only aftor about six mouths’
uso that any. disintegration of the carbons of modern
incnndescont lamps can bo noticed, and at tho time I
made tho discovery of tho stability of an oxtromely.
tenuous carbon filament in a highly oxhausod all-glass’
chamber, I would have been obligod to hnvo run the
lamp for a period of sovornl hundred hours boforo I
could determine that there wns any disintegration
whatever.
Prior to tho production by mo of the lamp which is
patented by the patent in suit, attempt at incandescent
lighting by others than myself, so far as I know, had
been carried on in containing cknmbor3 for tho burners
made in two or more parts to bo renewed. Such
clianibors could not successfully maintain a vacuum,
and it wns tho oustom' largely to introduce an
inert gas with which tho burnor would liot
combine when hoatod. Even this device failod . 'to
produco a successful lamp; as tho inort gas would
gradually Ionic out and bo roplncod by tho atmospbofo,
which would support combustion and quickly dostroy
the, carbon.
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could dotermino Umt lliero war; any disintegration
whatever.
Prior to tlio production by mo of the lamp which is
patented by tho patont in suit, attempt at incur, doscoul
lighting by othors than myself, so far ns I know, had
boon carried on in containing elinmhors for tho burners
mndo in two or more parts to bo ronowed. Such
ohnmbors could not successfully maintain a vacuum,
and it was tho custom largely to introduce iin
inert gas with wliioh tho burnor would hot
combino when hoatod. Even this dovico failed to
produco a successful lamp; as tho inort gas would
gradually lonk out and bo roplacod by tho atmosphere,
which would support combustion and quiokly dostroy
the carbon.
Tho inert gas also destroyed tho burnor by disinto-
. grating or volatilizing it. *' ^
It was also known that thoro .woro two ways of dis¬
tributing currant for lighting by incandescence, to wit :
by tho multiple arc system and the- series system. I
nt first started out with tho sorios system, but grad¬
ually camo to tho conclusion that tho multiple arc sys^
tom was tho proper systom, aud to this system I Btuck
until I had produced tho propor form of lamp to bo
used thoroin ; that is, a lamp of high rosistauco and
small radiating surfaco.
No material advanco had boon mado in tho produc¬
tion of tho incondoscont lamps proposed moro than a
quarter of a coutiuy previous to my taking tho subject
up. No such lamps had boon mndo that woro capable
of practical use, nor lmd tho conditions of uso of a
practical incandoscont lamp boon predetermined, nor
had auy comprehensive system boon dovisod whoroby
prnotical lamps of small unit oandlo-powor could be
. used to supplnut gas as a general illuminaut.
Prior to my discovery, tho proportios of carbon wore
. woll known, and tho thoory upon which its uso pro-
. ceoded.wns to omploy it in largo masses, in ordor to
obtain continuous light, or in massos brought success¬
fully into position for consumption, mid carbon produced
hi small masses was oxtrouioly brittle aud required groat
delicacy of handling. Tho direction of improvement in
incandoscont lighting was not to ward tho reduction in
size of tho carbon burner. Tho knowledge of tho art,
would and did lead invoutors in other directions. The
extremo fragility of oarbon in small masses, and tho
rapidity with which suoh small massos would bo con¬
sumed and disintegrated on tho pnssago of ourrout,
deterred invoutors from oxporimonting thorowith. My
.discovery for tho first timo.informed tlio world of prop¬
erties not boforo known or supposed to bo inhorout in
it That is, .the property of stability in a high vacuum,
and tho additional property, of being mado !ilexiblo and
tough whon very tonuous in' form.
Shortly after my discovoiy in' Octobor, 1879, tlie
public boenmo aware ofwlilitlhad claimod to liavo
•■accomplished, and on Dcconibor 29th, 1879, mi aecouut
.appeared in tho “ Now York Herald ” of tiint dato of
my invention. Tho gohoral scientific opinion prior to
my discovoiy had boon that tho ■ subdivision of tlio
electric light could not bo accomplished, aud ovou.aftor
my invention had boon nnnouucod in' tho public press, it
was discredited mid pronounced by many ominont scien¬
tific men, both in this country and abroad, to bo an •im¬
possibility. As late ns 1879 a committoo was appointed
by tho Euglish Parliament to oxnmino into tlio gouornl
subject of electric lighting, aud tlioy called boforo thorn
os’ witnesses noarly all of tho prominent scientific men
itf England, nil of whom, with tho siuglo exception
of Prof. Tyndall and Sir "Win. Thomson, testified
that in thoir opinion tho subdivision of tho
electric light was nu impossibility. Sir William '
Thompson said that subdivision would not bo accom¬
plished by incandoscent lighting; Prof. Tyndall said '
ho would hardly go ns far ns declaring that tho subdi¬
vision of tlio olcctric light was impossible yet, but ho
would not like to iindertako tho solution of theproblom,
In this; country experts and others declared that the
subdivision of tho electric light was impossible, even
aftor they had rend of my claims to lmvo discovorod
the solution of the problem.
Following tho discovery made with tho carbonized'
cotton thread, I immediately commenced to uso carbon
m other forms nnd prior to January 1st, 1880, niado-
severnl hundred lamps employing paper in the form of
^horseshoe as the incandescing burner. These lamps '
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wcro publicly exhibited during the holiday season of
1879 and 1880 in lighting up tho streots in Moulo Park '• *
my laboratory and oiiico, and two or three houses. On
Now Year’s Eve, 1879, about three thousand peoplo
burn1nrM0Ul° nnd “sPectod tbo lamps there
Early in tho year 1880 I ascertained tho value of
bamboo as tho filamontal burner, and bogau its iiso
and suoh uso has been continued by tbo assignees. of
my patents down to the present time.
As I havo said, tho art was an entirely now one, and
thore wcro no factories established at tho time which
could undortako tho manufacture of apparatus and there
was no body of skilled artisans who could undortako tho I
work of installing tho olectrio light system, and tho
nocossity of establishing factories togetbor with tho in¬
venting and devising of numerous tools and methods of
manufacture and tho education of men in tho manu¬
facturing of tho. now. character of apparatus, was a
causo of groat dolay in tbo introduction of my system.
Hie oxporimontnl work had beon carriod'on in my lab¬
oratory and machino shop at Moulo Park until 1889,
but I was obliged to establish works for makftig the
lamps, as thore was no faotory whoro they could bo
made, nor was thoro any skilled c.lass of labor which ,
could havo made such lnmps without my personal in¬
struction, or tho instruction of my assistants.
Shortly after tho establishment of my lamp factory I
caused tho establishment of Borgmaun & Company, for
the manufacture of switches, meters, lamp sockets, and
tho various small parts required in electrical light
plants as usll as chnudoliers, brackets and other forms
of fixtures for supporting tho lamps. These could not
have beon mado or obtained in the gouoral markot for
the reasons previously stated.
Some time after this tho Edison Machino Works was
established for tho manufacture of dynamo machines
I also formed tho Electric Tube Works for nutnufact-
urmg underground conductors.
All of those factories I put up largely at
my own oxponso, investing all tho mouoy I
had made from iny previous inventions.
I established them because tho business
could not havo beon developed without thorn, aud
. placed over each as general superintendent men who
had been connected with mo in my laboratory,, and who
woie fftmilmr with tho patonted devices of my system.
f ™,0f 4 lG - mauuf«cturo:of lamps and appliances had
fairly started it was undertaken by tho complainant
heroin to establish a central station in tho City of Now.
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Somo timo aftor this llio Edison Mucliino Works was
established for tlio manufacture of dynamo machines.
I also formod tlio Elcctrio 'X’ubo Works for manufact¬
uring underground conductors.
All of tlioso factories I put up largely at
my own espouse, investing nil the money I
bad imulo from iny previous inventions.
I established them boenuso tlio business
could not linvo boon developed without thorn, and
placed over each ns gcnornl superintendent men who
lind been connected with me in my laboratory, and who
were familiar with tlio pntonted doviccs of my system.
When the manufacture, of lamps and appliances had
fairly started, it was undertaken by the complainant
heroin to establish a central station in tlio City of Now.
York for tlio introduction of my in^nudoscihit oloctric
lamps, and for tho distribution of ourront to usors
thorcof. Tho first central station was oporatod for tlio
first time September i, 1882. Down to tho timo it
started I had spoilt in oxporimontal work monoy fur- .
liislicd by tho Edison Electric Light Company ovor
four hundrod and fifty thousand dollars.
In tho installation of first control station I was
.almost constantly presout, giving my ontiro timo to tlio
work, day and night. I had to givo it caroful and con-
.stant supervision. In illustration of what I say, I will
stato that I actually worked in tho tronohos in tho
streets in tho lowor part of tho oity in which tho con¬
ductors were being laid, making many of tho con¬
nections myself.
It was contemplated that when tlio first control sta-
•tion had been built and oporatod, tho public woro to
form companies and install my system in various othor
.Uistriots similarly to the installation of tho first Now
York central station. Tho groat ' difficulty was in
getting moil to do tho work of installation. Tlioro woro
not tlion, ns now, oloctrical oiiginoors who woro familiar
with iny work, and who could be omployed for tlio
actual construction of a central station. Tho art was
new, and mon had to be educated, and I had to edu¬
cate thorn.
stallation of central station plants in cases whoro my
- company had mndo contracts for tho erection of plants'. '
I gavo this construction department my personal attorn
tion, leaving my experimental work to a groat degree.
. I gathered around mo a body of men whom I in- '
struetod in tho details of my system. In shops I es¬
tablished training departments, so that tho mon I om¬
ployed could bocoiuo familiar with tho apparatus that
was to bo used, and gouorally familiar with all arrange¬
ments of tho business, to tho end thoy might bo ablo
to superintend the installation of plants. I expended
tho sum of fifty-four thousand dollars of my own money
in educating men iu my construction department and
in my shops, so ns to dovolop tlio company’s busiuoss.
In addition to tho demands upon mo by reason of tlio
necessity ,of educating mon to practice a now art, and
tho ostnblislimont of factories, my timo was also largely
taken up in order to dofond my inventions against tho
claims of othors whom' tho Patent Office placed in in¬
terference with mo.
Among those interferences may bo mentioned that
between Maxim, Swan and mysolf, in which I wns ex¬
amined at groat longth. Also, the intcrferonco with
Sawyer and Man, and various othor intorferoncos which
recpiirod a great deal of my timo for tlio purpose of
testifying and in consultation with my counsol.
I was aware that infringement had boon commenced
of tho invention hero in suit, but so groat woro tho de¬
mands upon my time thnt wlion tlio advisability of com-
VjTe^York City, Sep. 3, I89i.
lison^ 5 ’301
^ Dear Mr. Edison^
Can ^K-fBroTOiv-the-Pa^ent Lawyer, call on you in
IfalnTo^lt S a^eff °f **" 6en9ral C°*? Sha11 he vl8it you at
_„ + 0 . The ®K»"»son-Houston Co. are suing the Sperry Co. on this
patent, on accotuU of the Sperry Regulator which we make at Schene,
taay. we are trying to get around this Thoms on -Houston Paten
DYER & SEELY.
V OFFICES, ■ PKOIALTV I PA
36 WALL STREET,
N EW YORK - Septum. JL&* J.8.9.I.*
VJE.CEIV&
^S£pu,
AnsW-
A. 0. Tate Esq,,
Orange, N. J,
Dear sir,-
We are about to forward to the Patent Office the fol¬
lowing applications of Mr, Edison, all on ore milling apparatus, viz,
931, Ore crushing rollers.
932, Magnetic Separators,
933, Rollers for crushing ore or other material,
934, Ore conveying systems,
935, Ore conveyer and method of arranging ore thereon.
936, Dust-proof journal bearing, s*
\ } V
939, Ore screening apparatus.
The first government fees on these applications will
amount to $135 and we request that you kindly Bend us a check for
that amount ,
Yours truly,
new York - Sap.t__15, _ 1891,..
A. 0. Tate
Under date of March 3, 1891, we wrote you ad¬
vising you that the Swiss patent of Mr. Edison on the toy phono-
graph,^Set No. 92,) would have to be converted into a complete pat¬
ent before March 11, 1892, by filing in the Swiss Patent Office a
model of the invention as described by the application, or a photo-
graph of such model, o reworking apparatus,^ order to prove the ex¬
istence of a model or working apparatus. With the above letter we
enclosed a copy of the drawings as filed with this application in
order that you might readily understand what case we had reference to.
We have as yet not heard from you regarding this matter, and
as the Swiss patent authorities are very strict in matters of this
kind, we suggest that if Mr. Edison desires to have the patent con¬
verted into a complete one, the mattor should be attended to with¬
out delay. The patent .ife question is No. 2,000 and dated March 11/90
We believe we advised you by a subsequent letter what the
size of the photographs should be. However, the photographs should
be mounted on thin cardboard measuring QX/± inches wide and 13 inches
high. Unmounted photographs will also be accepted by the Offioe,
but should be made of such size as will permit of their being mounted
on cards of the above size. — Yours truly, JzZ?
DYER & SEELY.
36 WALL STREET, SEP X 7 jggj
n™ v„.. /
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir :-
We send you.herewith according to your request
a copy of patent No. 454, 783, obtained by Mr. Thomson on the Lanp
Cut-out having a wire extending between the two sides of the fila¬
ment .
Yours truly.
Enclosure .
[ENCLOSURE]
E. THOMSON.
P OUT-OUT AND SYSTEM.
Patented June 23, 1891.
Ell*
United States Patent Office.
lamp cut-out and system.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Lotto Patent No. 464.780, 4atoa June S3, 1891.
Application filed Mart 20, 1880, Serial Mo, 105,881, (No moaeU
Toailwhom it may concern: ■ „
•lio it known that L Kliiiu Tirmrqnv °' 0l» 1110 ft„rc which forms within tho lain?) on
MiiofHio United States nna a rosWonl nf: I "'.&0 °£ ‘ 10 «V>dnotor must bum to tho
- tel,I,n 1;I‘,° e°>"'ty oflissox, amfsiato of no ,? n?i„0fiitl,° ,globo b°foi'° U ‘‘caches tho
Mi icl it havo invented a cortaiu now tor HS IV Ire.nnd fort] lint reason I pro¬
s'111, usoful Jncandoscon t-Lnmp Cut-Out and 1 ‘.° (ll'mngomont wherein tho 53
1 j " • '”"“W “.s.*;1
ries with othor lamps or other dovieos- anil" ll™"-0'" sP«oo on tho rnpturo of tho nia- 60
tho object is to provido for an intorruntf™ J>r ' vr fc ° ‘"cnndosoing conduotor.
the series circuit by tho rupture of tho lam. cci k',!™ '0" "my b? nppliod to b>candos-
filament or incandescing conductor, and in rtJSu 'i 111 s,0ll0s. 0,1 any kind of a
rs 388 «*'
- sw 5 s -
lamps or othor dcvicos on series circuits » ™ 7 t o “PPhontion of tho Invention to tho 70
operating to cm nploto and “Sta g! spoc‘fi<!d' 1% 3 illustrates an ai° 7
around a defective apparatus in case of linAvnolf tf 1 10 ni.mbni'y "’b'c or conductor
« "Kstatrfws si “ e=:5z=5=—
&&z£g^S2STj£» ’*
My invention consists in tho combination haustnd rfni,»U0t0r ".lolmtod ,vitIlh> a" ox-
IO thn \ n" lnc.lllldcsco"t electric lamp of any of whosor mnduoto™ ™r l'P°r Sllitabl° IlllnP
jo tho types ,ii winch tho incandoscing.com way eonductoism any ordinary or propor
rtuotor is included in an oxhaustod or vnnn Vi. a ... So
oils globo or rocoivor, of a normnllv-idlo wirn ,.iLi A *? aormnlly-idlo wiro or conductor,
or conductor extending between tho sides of «,» f01nbll‘cd with tho cut-out dovices
the incandescing tilament'i.Tcombinatio, ll h, '1??'^? passage of an abnor-
35 with cut-out dovices operated by tho passago fllninon^ of tho
Of an abnormal current in said kilo-wire , 3 0 13 termed a “normally- S3
The said nornially-idlo wiro or conductor iJn ' US0 n,ldor n01’mnl conditions
Y u? ‘ !!';y bo nlso termed an “auxiliary con- ft tlmIV,Hft ° °1'1noPm'1'ontPnssos through
ductor” for tho lamp, preferably extends into IIS1!!." !111,?"1'10'8 onn only bo called '
40 tho oxhaustod globo or rocoptnclo which oon° im? nP0 ,at 011 by lbn ‘'“pturo of tho filamont
tains tho filament of tho lamp bu is olne " , tbe Pa.ssngo of an increased amount of go
trically connected outside snki u obo win- a "0“tTtl,ro"8hsuoh wife. Tho wiro or con-
suitablo conductors, through which tho eur lanm°* 1 1Sr co!m°ctod to tho circuit of the
rent which brings tho cut-out devices into ir V ’ ns7fT i,lslaaoo> bY connection to one
45 operation on rupture of said filamont may of the cidortfwItohT t?ra a’ (,Ti10 co"tncts
io".' la some eases, howovor, it may bo found L S" ‘tch or lover that completes os
demraWc to locate this normnlly-idlo wireor aro idieaeda'c C"'CUlt m'0mul 1,10 '“"‘P
auxiliary conductor entirely without thn Sr ?««« V?ii u * ,
gj^° w l’ecoptaclo, hut in propor proximity are included th#? coi,9e of which
,0 to tho two lamp-wires. In thl loLrSnso, S too
[ENCLOSURE]
tlio rupture of tho filament will onorgizo'liio
mngnot. A is tlio armnttiro of said magnet,
nttnchod to tlio cut-out lovor, and S is a suit-
5 able retractor. Wlion tlio mngnot at is suffl-
cicutly excited, tlio contacts of tlio cut-out
aro closed at C, thus establishing tho cut-out
or shunt path from tho wiro a around tho
lamp to tho wiro or continuation of tho cir-
io cult b. J ho cut-out lover is hold in position
to maintain tho circuit by tho action of coils
upon tho magnet 31 aftor the mantior fro-
quontly employed in counoetioii with cut-out
dovicos, such coils being in tlio prawn t iu-
*5 stnnco tho coils winch arc included in tho cir¬
cuit of tlio lionnnlly-idlo wire. When tho
eontaols C are closod by the action of tho
mngnot, tho onrront flows from o to b through
tho coils at, and tlioneo through tho cut-out
20 contacts Gaud tho wiro 6. Tho branch or cut¬
out circuit thus established may bo of any
desired resistance, but is preferably of a re¬
sistance equivalent to that of tho lamp, for
- which purpose an artificial rosistancoR may
25 bo included in tho branch or shunt circuit.
In normal operation tho eurront outers at a,
and is conducted through tho Jilamoiitof ttfo
lamp L and out at b without affecting tlio
other dovicos; but should the filaincht broafc
30 and burn out and a high potential exist bn
tl.o lino tho cuiTOnt traverses tho vacuous
space as a sort of diffused arc, which will
travel downward toward tlio base of tlio lamp
and exist between tlio conducting-wiros. Tlio
35 third wirol will evidently bo immersed in this
path or arc, tlio result of which will bo tho
pnssngo of a small current through the mag¬
net 31 over tho wiro I to tho wire of'tho
lamp connected to b. Tlio mngnot Jt thiis'on-
40 orgizod attracts its armature A nnd closes the
contact at 0. Tho arc in tho base of tlio
lamp now ceases, thowholociirrant now pass¬
ing from a through tlio mngnot 31, through
tlio contacts at C nnd resistance R to b, tlio
45 condition of tho lines ns to resistance being
scarcely affected, if at all. 'Tho circuit ignow
comploto through tho cut-out dovico, and cur¬
rent may flow without interruption through
other devices on tho circuit with tho lamii
50 whoso filament is broken.
My dovico thus constituted is introduced,
as shown in Fig. 2, at any point in tlio series
of lights opornted from ngcnornlor G. Ollier
lights may at tlio same linio bo fed from tho
samo gonornting sourco in multiple nrc. 5,
It is not essential that tho wire I bo placed
in tho lamp, ns tlio arc formed will follow
down into tho baso of tho lamp along tho wires
nnd oven outside of tho lamp. This wiro I
may llioroforo bo placed between tho con- 61
doctors on tho oxtoriorof tho lamp, ns shown
in Fig. 11; but this is not so dosirablo an nr-
. . . ' ’ — . 1 ’ ' ' ’ tho arc
must mnko its way'outsido the lamp boforo tho
cut-out dovico can bo oporalod by tho pas- 65
sago of tho eurront through tho auxiliary
wiro or conductor;
I do not limit myself to using tho m/ignot-
l/.iiigaclion of llicourroiitllowing in tho third
wiro on rupture of tlio filamont to oporato tho 70
eul-out dovico, sinco tho current might bo
nindo offcQtivo in'otlior ways, ns well under¬
stood by electricians.
What I claim ns my invention is —
1. ’ An incnndcscont electric lamp providod 73
with a liorinally-idlo wiro oxtonding botwoon
tho sidesof tlio looped filamont, in combinn-
*‘on with out-out'doviccs opornted by tliopns-
lgo of an abnormal eurront in said idlo-wiro.
2. An incandescent oloctrio lamp providod 80
with a normnily-idlo wiro oxtemling botwoon
tlio sidosof tlio looped filamontand connected
outside tho laiiip to one of tho lamp-wires, in
combination with cut-outdcviccs opornted by
tlio pnssngo of an abnormal current in said 8s
idle-wifo. ~
'll. Tho combination, with an incandescent
electric lamp, of an auxiliary nonnally-ldlo
wiro or conductor oxtonding into tlio vneu-
r— or exhausted receiver, which eontnins tho 00
incandescing conductor of tho lamp and con¬
nected outside of tlio lamp with tho circuit
thereof, nnd a cut-out dovico for short-circuit¬
ing tho lamp, opornted by tho pnssngo of an
.abnormal current in said idlo wiro or con- ns
doctor upon rupture of the filamont or in-
;cnudoscing conductor, and tor tho purpose
dosenbod. 1
IgLiod at Lyiiii, ii
. S.lnto of 3Inssncl
JInrbh, A. 11. 1880.
Er.IIIlT THOMSON. .
Witnesses:
31. L. Thomson,
Wm. F. Noonan.
,|S SLP l o 1001
Dear Mr, Edison:-
I send you by mail to-day a pamphlet copy of
the papers in the injunction suit against the Mount Morris
Company of this city, a competitor of our Illuminating Com¬
pany. The papers for the injunction against the Perkins
C crop any wore served on them last week. The papers against
the Twenty-third Street lamp factory in this city, the Con¬
solidated Company, will be served probably to-day.
CUcly. I'h.c,^-
pyER & SEELY.
LAW OFFICES, mtknt
i Mr. Thomas A. Edison, ^QEIV^ .
Dear Sir:- SEP 8# lWlyfl
• T !££/■ ■*£?/
In yotr application 909 certain claims involving
a sprocket wheel or a drum connected to one member of the magnetic
clutch and co-operating with another member of the magnetic clutch,
see figure 2 of the enclosed photo-lithograph, ha,e been rejected.
V/e should like to learn tije dat^f yo/^nvention ia order thflt ,f
[ATTACHMENT]
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fi^kS* ^XsJrt ^/j^r ^V'-v-
fj>&J\ huuK ol^to *W OXA-'J /veu^o-nsb t/> I ^ &*fc: M?jO
CL. S, li
Edison Electric Light Company.
Edison Building,
No. 42 Broad Street.
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/ / New Yo rk, Sept. 25, 189 1 .
Prof. A. E. henneiiy, Consult ing Electric ian,
Edison J,a horato nj. Ora vge, N. J.
Bear Sir:-
Yov will remember that in talking with ym the othn
day I had promised to attend myself to the ordering of the
special covered wire from the Machine Works, for the Trenton
exhibit. however, Mr. Jenks says that all other material for
this exhibit having been ordered, through you, he would prefer
that these items should go through the same routine as the xk
others . That we mayhave enough and to spare, we should have at
least 400 ft. of No. 23, B.W.G. Bright Red.Double Cotton Covered
Copper Wire and 400ft. of No. 22, B.W.G. Bright Blue, Double Cottn
Covered Copper Wire. Probably the Schenectady Works would be
able to fill this order on sight, but under any circumstances us
must have it. in packing up the exhibit for shipment to
Irenton.the following articles should be sent with it;
500 ft. High Grade Insulated Wire #12, B.W.G.
" #16, B.W.G.
. 50 « #14 White double cot!on covered, wire. ttyb
- 10 « #23 (?) German Silver Wire .bare.
S' 2 Porcelain Base Key Receptacles.
4 Wood Binding Posts about 3/4 inches high.
1 dozen 10 ampere safety links.
1 - - 1 <§-
A.E.K. if 2 .
One Roll white tape.^j [ * (JIga^q^ j ^ HS~
s/ #ive yards if 20, Green? s ilk covered, flexible cord,
V 200 3/% inch pocelain insulators and 3 dozen 1 -^4 inch pr
celain insulators.
V/e willalso want a board mounted wi+h three keyless
receptacles, for use as a lamp bank on the same general style
as the other boards; I attach a rough sketch showing my idea.
Mr. Jenks has written to Mr. Ref s urging :• speedy
decision as to the question of cross-examination at the lab¬
oratory, and upon receiving a reply we will notify you, at once.
Yours very truly,
Piun-vo-
DYER & SEELY.
A. 0, Sato Esq.
a3.BC E I
N ew York _ Sept... . 26.,.. _ 1891. _
Dear sir,-
Ito^wo Canadian oases on the phonograph on in
condition for filing, and we request that you kindly send us a
check for the fees for the first five years on these cases, which
amount to $40. These cases should be forwarded to the Patent Of-
kb JmcUJ cAjlcX
<rw
Yours truly,
dSzHtrz**
b'iv §>.gIaa-&y\ /C/E
MR. EATON'S MEM. OF BUSINESS FOR
PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE.
September 30th, 1.891.
[CONFIDENTIAL. ]
PATENT LITIGATION -COMMITTEE.
/
— — - BATOM’S MjgjL TOR MEETING. SEPTEMRF.B 3QTH. 1891.
FILAMENT SPIT.
tion, passed on the PAth
■ and promises to resume wc
I.
Mr. Lowrey has received a copy
inst., relating to his going or
irk next week.
Jf your resolu-
with the appeal.
... .. jgds: p""”'
sxszixrirx' •* a,rt'"a' » “isr
prietors of the- Twenty-third Street 'T^p^ac^ory'^'S]11 Tl^’v"'’^0"
Morris Electric Light Company, of this, city, a competitor If T ,
New York Illuminating. Company. Under your instructions °Ur 10°bO
Mr. Seward and Mr. Dyer to act as counsel ’ We nave asked
Mr. Natmors, for defendants, promises to unite in a request to
.ningeoItaILTjthhear th#M-three m°ti0nS at Syra0U8e in th. week begin-
Ier;nod;Petiteol;Satalked r^l^ny^f!0 Bisi,
re very active in the Southwest, and the brinoino of
one or more suits would probably strengthen our hand „ , ” ” f
Carroll wants, win cost Sl,OCoI, to’S^" S. "Od Oore^tlr" “J S’
go on. I would like to read to the Committee extracts from Mr! Car-
roll s letters.
QUESTION.-
Snail v
e at New Orleans, as urged by Mr. Carroll?
OCR. NEW HAVEN THREE WIRE CASE. As reported to you at your last
meeting, our prima facie case has been made out,, and the testimony now
to be taken is that comprising the defendant's case and then our rebuttal,
Tne defendant has tnree months from September 1st to take its testimony
Mr. Buckingham, for defendant, is now using up that time, day by day '
putting- in ms case. He has not hurt us much as vet. -Vvy
OUR TRENTON THREE WIRE CASE, There is fully an even chance
that we may be beaten. in this case, because we may not be able to proye
the infringement ' Still, even if the Court held, there were no infringe
ment, it might neyertheless. indicate its yiews as to whether .the patent
is yalid. That is what we hope for, but there is so much doubt about
it, we hays decided to avoid having this case argued, if possible.. On
the other hand, the defendant, knowing our. weakness, is pressing the
case. Our suit on the same patent against the New Haven Company,
mentioned above, is a better suit for us to go into Court on. The de¬
fendant is trying to force us to argue the Trenton Case; we prefer to
argue the New Haven Case* when ready, and to stake our patent in that
suit instead of in the Trenton suit. In these views Mr. Betts concurs.
QUESTION; Shall we postpone this case?
VI. '
SHALL WE SUE ON OUR HARD-END SAFETY CATCH PATENT? The Light
Company has a patent of L. Stieringer, dated July 7th, 1883, ,'No. 231,573,-
covering Safety Catches with hard -metallic ends, also non-combustible
bases for cut-out switches, etc. As to the value of this invention,
ws have the opinions of our own experts and of a number of central
station managers, ■ engineers and insurance men, who agree, with a single
exception, that Hard-End Safety Catch Switches are a necessity in the
electric lighting business. Moreover, the use of this class of Safety
Catches and also of non-combustible bases, is required by most of the
Insurance Associations.
This patent is almost universally infringed by other Electric '
Lighting Companies, and our experts are of the opinion that the patent
is a good one.
QUESTION; Shall suits be commenced on this patent as above
indicated?
VII.
OUR TRENTON FEEDER CASE. Mr. Jenks is still under the steady
and Dersistent cross-examination of Mr. Curtis in this case. But we
begin to. see the end, and hope that the testimony will be all in and
the case argued within two months from now. The electrical issues
presented are hard to explain. But Mr. Jenks is doing admirable work
as our expert witness, in making these questions plain. Mr. Betts too-
gives the case close attention. We expect to win.
Please note that in this first suit ws do not seek specifically
an injunction against converter systems.
VIII ■
ANOTHER ELECTRIC RAILWAY SUIT AGAINST US. The Burnham & Dug¬
gan Railway Appliance Company, a Maine Corporation apparently doing
business in Boston, has commenced, in Massachusetts, a suit against
the Naumkeag Street Railway Company, which operates a Sprague plant.
This suit is. brought upon pate t No.' 418,704, dated January 7th, 1390,
issued to John A. Duggan, of Quincy, Mass., for a Bracket for support¬
ing Electrical Conductors. In the Sprague Company’s contract with
the Naumkeag Street Railway Company, there is the usual clause requir¬
ing the Sprague Company to defend/ Che suit has but .lust been brought,
and I am not yet prepared to say how serious a matter it is.
QUESTION; Shall I take the usual steps to defend the suit,
and engage counsel when necessary?
IX/
SHALL WE AID MR. HENRY TO SUE ON HIS PATENTS? . We have retained-
Mr/ Henry as an expert, as authorized by you. That has made -him friend¬
ly, and he now asks us to supply him with money to bring suits against
infringers of his five railway patents, in return for which he offers to
giye us a free license under his patents. -It would cost us from S3, 000
upwards to do what he wants/ It might cost SlO, 000 '.before we get
through.
Of Mr. Henry’s fiye patents, only two are of value. One of
these. No/ 345,345, is for an Underground Feeder connected with a Trol¬
ley Wire at intervals / We are now trying, as complainants, to estab¬
lish- that Mr. Sprague is entitled to this invention under his patent df
May 5th, 1885, No.. 317,855. Henry claims to antedate Sprague, and
possibly does. But Henry’s claims are limited to an underground Feeder,
while Sprague covers the feeder irrespective of location. Even if Mr.
Henry could establish his claim to an underground feeder, it would not
hurt us now, as we are not using it, but may in the future.
Henry’s other useful patent is No. 484,988 for suspending the
Trolley Wire, in overhead construction. We are now acting as defend¬
ants in a suit brought against us by the Thomson-Houston Co., on sub¬
stantially the same matter. In that suit the Vanderpoele patents are
involved, which Henry claims -to antedate. Whether he does or not we
cannot certainly find out.. .'.But it is our belief that we can break
down these Vanderpoele patents on overhead construction.
Is -it worth while to spend a large sum for the sake of getting-
a license, and to avoid being put to the expense of defending ourselves
if perchance Henry sues us, so far as we infringe? In view of our
heavy patent expenses I do not urge you to spend this money, .-Still .it
might not be a bad plan to spend it, for the Henry patents in the hands
of an enemy might put us to much trouble and expense.
QUESTION: Shall we supply Mr. Henry with money as requested?
INFRINGEMENT OF OUR SOCKET PATENTS. SHALL WE SUE? H. I.
Paiste, The Star Electric Company, and J: S. Sprague, all of Philadel¬
phia, the Consolidated Electric Manufacturing Co., Boston, a concern in
Syracuse, and another in Chicago, are all manufacturing sockets to fit
Edison bases, and are offering them at prices far below those quoted
by us. Our very lowest price is 38 cents, and their regular price is
20. They advertise, and are active in pushing sales. These compet¬
ing sockets are poorly made, but are widely used by wiring concerns, to
the ultimate in. jury of the Edison system.
These infringing sockets are covered by five of our patents.
Mr. Insull urges that we sue at once.
QUESTION; Shall- suits be brought, and counsel be retained if
necessary?
XI.-
■THE. CARBON TREATMENT CASE .AGAINST US. For nearly', two years
we have prevented the plaintiff, the United States Electric Lighting
Company, from getting this case into' Court. But they have at last '■
cornered us, and the case is likely -to-be argued next month. Mr. Betts
and Mr. Bate have supplemented the work of Mr. Lewis, -and , not -a thing
has been left undone to aid us in breaking down this patent. But the
patent was sustained in England, after a hard fight', and it will be
only by rare good fortune that we win here. Indeed we all think that
if the plaintiff had managed its case more skillfully,, there would be no
doubt whatever of our defeat. Mr. Christy, ;of Pittsburgh, will make
the principal argument for the plaintiff, and Mr. Betts will speak for
We. had to retain Mr. Quimby suddenly, for reasons of tactics..
.It .cost E250. We all agreed that it was important'to retain him.
QUESTION; Is the retaining of Mr. Quimby approved?
XII.
■INFRINGEMENT OF OUR THREE WIRE PATENT IN CANADA. The E. E. L.
Co. was informed by its Licensee Company. in Toronto, that an opposition
Company, namely, the Toronto Electric Light Company, intended to install
an Electric Lighting Plant on the Three Wire System.- By request of Mr.-
Insull, a notice has been served on said opposition Company, warning
them not to infringe our patents.
QUESTION; Is this action approved?
XIII .
EXISTING SUIT AGAINST US ON -FIELD ELECTRIC RAILWAY PATENT. In
my last report it was stated that the Complainant had closed its Prima
Facie case and that we were now making preparations to take our testi¬
mony. We commenced on the 17th inst. Mr. Seely is in active charge,
for us. As yet we have little to fear from this case.
XI7. '
SHALL WE CONTINUE MR. •JENKS> CONTRACT?' On .October 1st, 1889,
the Light Company, by your authority, made a contract with Mr. -Jenks for
his expert services for two years from that date.- .His .compensation for
the first year, was to be S3, 000., and, for the second year, S3, 600. The
contract also contained an option to the Light Co. to employ Mr. Jenks •
for one year from October 1st, 1801, at the compensation of S5.000.
This option expires on the 30th inst., and Mr. Jenks wishes to know
whether you wish to keep him.
I cannot say too much in praise of Mr. -Jenks. His long prac¬
tical training in our business, his unusual skill in explaining diffi¬
cult questions, his thoroughness, and his entire willingness to work
day and night, make him almost invaluable. In our Feeder Cass, de¬
cidedly the most subtle and novel of all our cases, Mr. J. has really
distinguished himself. Mr. . Betts says that Mr. -J.’s deposition in that
case is a model, and Mr. Curtis, defendant’s lawyer, who has tried his
best to break down Mr. Jenks, now says that in his opinion Mr. -J. is
one of the very best electrical expert witnesses in the country.
For all-round work, of which we have a great deal, and for
testifying as an expert, Mr. Jenks is well worth keeping even at the
high salary named.
XT.'
NEW SUITS COMMENCED BY US. At your meetings held -March -3rd
and 5th,. 1891, you authorized the commencement of suits on the following
patents, vizs
Sprague Patents Nos. 317,235, 528,821 and 558,313 on System of
Conductors.
Edison Patent No. 273,494, on increasing the conductivity of
rails.
Edison Patent No. 266,793 on Pressure Wire system.
•Edison Patent No. 276, 233 for Commutator Brush, of High Resist-
Edison Patent No. 264,668 for Compound Wound Dynamo.
Edison Patent No. 251, 542. for lamps of various candle power in
same circuit.
I now report progress with these suits, as follows:
Suit on Sprague Patents Nos. 317,235; 328,821 and 821. This
suit was brought in the name of the Sprague Electric Railway & Motor
Co. against the West End Street Railway Co.' of Boston.- The Bill of
Complaint was filed June 8th, 1891. and service of subpoena on behalf
of defendant was accepted by Mr. F. P.' Fish, the Counsel of the
Thomson-Houston Co.' The answer was due in this suit on August 3rd,
but owing to absence of Mr. Fish in Europe, will not be served on us
till October 5tn.
I snail submit this case for your further consideration, after
the Answer is filed.
Suit on Edison Patent No. 275,494. This suit was also brought
against the West End Street Railway Co., the Light Co, being the Com¬
plainant. Mr. Fish .appeared for the .de fendant . My remarks in the
above paragraph as to the Sprague suit, apply to this case also, the
complaint having been filed at the same time.
I shall submit this case also, for your further consideration,
after the Answer is filed.
Suit on Edison Patent No. 266,795, This suit was authorized,
but we have finally decided that as this patent was included in the
Bridgeport Feeder suit, it would be better to wait until that case
is decided, before suing on this patent separately.
Suit on Edison Patent Mo. 276,:253. We decided to bring suit
against the Hudson Electric Railway Co. Hudson, N. Y. which operates
a Thomson-Houston plant. Mr., Fish accepted service on behalf of th
defendant. The suit was commenced by filing Bill of Complaint by
the Light Co. against the Hudson Co. on July 11th. Mr. Fish’s an¬
swer is due on the -5th prox.
Suit on Edison Patent No. 264.668. Suit has been com¬
menced by us, and the general remarks made above as to the other
cases, apply to this. The defendant is the Thomson-Houston Co.,
the suit being brought in Massachusetts.
Suit on Edison Patent No. 851,543. This suit has not yet
been brought as it was desired to get the most favorable case of
infringement. We have .now decided to sue the United States Elec¬
tric Lighting Co., on their 'plant in the Equitable Building, 120
Broadway.-
Mr. Curtis states that he will appear for the defendant.
You instructed me to do nothing in the above suits, after an¬
swers were filed by the defendants, without further instructions from
you, save and except that as to the suits on the two Edison .patents,
Nos. 276,235 and .264, 66B, we were to push them. No answers have been
filed as yet in any of these suits. As regards the two suits which we
were to push, the Thomson-Houston Company has relaxed in pushing its
earlier and corresponding suits against us, but we shall nevertheless s
press our suits.
XYI.
PENDING INTERFERENCES ON ELECTRIC RAILWAY APPARATUS. There are
four interferences now pending in tne Patent Office, ineach-of which
Mr. Sprague is one of tne contestants- and Yanderpoele is the other. In
one of tnese interferences Hunter is also a party. The claims are
mostly for details of an early type, and thus far Yanderpoele has gen¬
erally been able to prove earlier dates than Sprague, and some of the
patents may.be awarded -to the former. It is expected however, that we
may be able to point out anticipations, to limit his claims, and we hope
to get at least one good patent for Sprague on an important matter,
namely, the construction of a trolley arm carrying the upward pressing
contact device so that it has a lateral movement which enables it to
follow irregularities in the overhead 'line.
Our policy has been- to handle these interferences so as to ob¬
tain the patent if possible, and, if not, to limit as much as possiole
the claims allowed our opponents.
Respectfully submitted,
S. B. EATON,
General Counsel.
September 26th, 3.89:1 .
Thomas A'.' Edison, Esq.
Ootober 1, 1891V
Dear Sir:
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We beg "t^fadvise you^ that the following taxes
on foreign patents become due during the month of November:
French patent Nov 187,087; dated Now 19, 1887, Electric Rail¬
way (Set 67), due Now 19, 1891, cost $24;
Spanish patent. No. 11,214, dated Now 11, 1890, Electric Rail
way, (Set 93), due Nov. 11, 1891, amount $l0v
English patent, Nov 15,583 of 1887, Electric Railway (Set 93),
due Nov. 14, 1891, amount $55;
French patent No. 209,267, dated Nov. 3, 1890, Magnetic Belt¬
ing (Set 95), due Nov. 3, 1891, amount $24.;
Belgian patent No. 92,573, dated Nov. 4, 1890, Magnetic Belt¬
ing, (Set 95), due Now 4, 1891, amount $9.;
Italian patent, Nov 16756, dated Now 5, 1890, Magnetic Belt¬
ing, (Set 95), due Now 5, 1891, amount $14v;
German patent, No. dated Now 11, 1890, (Set 95), Mag¬
netic Belting, due Now 11, 1891, amount $17tf-
If you desire to have these taxes paid, kindly send
us a check for the above amounts within the coming week, in order
to give us ample time to communicate with our agent;.
New York.
October 5, 1891V
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Befernii^g to yohr IfetU# Oil tfirf JSi&ins*-.
in r. payment of the taxes on ?at^B a, *». ^ W.ar
of the 1st inst«, xe enclose herewith *ap)&# ft* c^ngs In
each of the cases mentioned in our letter, whioh dr^ngs hindly
return to ua with your replyf
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DYER &. SEELY.
New York.
October 7, 1881.
John I\ Ott, Esq.,
Edison' a laboratory.
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themroh, Uttfctat 'CSfc a* Indicated in the sketch, would
that form pjerate da welt aa,the^ hdrnr shown .‘in thbmodelf
Tburae truly,
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Dear Sirs:-
I have your letter of 7th instant in regard to the
now form of Cut-outs for Municipal Iionp3, model of which was sent
to your office, and note your inquiry in regard to vhat the object
is of the extra cap marked »A“ in your sketch. The part re¬
ferred to is an extra cap put on for the purpose of prevent!^ the
Plaster of paris from getting in arouni the rim upon which the
cut-out hook catches. If this extra cap was not put on in socket
of lamp, the plaster of paris would ran through. Otherwise it
plays no part in the principle of the cut-out.
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Dear sir, -^7/^
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of
the 7th inst. enclosing check to our order for $24, covering the
tax due on Mr. Edison’s French patent No. 187,087, Electric Rail¬
ways, Set 67.
On looking at our^of the 1st inst . we notice that we men¬
tioned English patent No. 15,583 of 1887 as being Set 93. This was
a mistake on our part and should have been Set 67, thus correspon¬
ding to the above French patent upon whioh you desire us to pay the
tax. We understand that you wish to have paten^naintained.
If this is so, kindly send us a check for $55''Jo cover the tax.
The other patents mentioned in our fetter wo understand you do not
wish to maintain.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq, ,
October 10, 1891t
and the patents referred to.
Your application 274,588, whJ
In connection with y ou^^oUm^ation- of-cfe Jo/er
®th'»i- in regard to certain improvements in telegraphy involving the
use of two wires for each circuit, with opposite generators in the
two wires, both being controlled simultaneously in sending a mes-
sage, we call attention to the enclosed patents to Carty 548,512
and to Barnett, 350,715. Figure 3 of the first patent seems to
show the broad idea1. If you care to make application for any
features of your system, please indicate the distinction between
the same and the patents referred to.
/ Your application 274,588, which describes and claims a
^method of separating gold or other non-magnetic metals from their
oreB» hao b0en rejected on English patent 6810 of 1886.^ The pa-
-V / tent appears to us to fully anticipate this invent ion.but you may
( *00 some P°int of distinction which is of sufficient value to be
\ P»tent»ble-. If so, please indicate it, and if not give us authori-
\ ty to allow the case to drop. Mr'* Dickson looked the matter up
Vor us in his note-book, and found that the earliest date of which
he\had any record of this invention was April 27, 1888.
We send you a copy of the speaifioation, drawing and of
the English patent, which please return to us.
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Wa beg to acknowledge receipt of^our favor of the
13th inst., enclosing check to our order for JaaPto cover the tax
on Mr. Edison’s English patent 15,583 of 1887, and the first
government fee on an application for U. S. patent on an improvement
of Mr • Dickson *s in ra kinstoscopas •
Yours truly.
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DYER & SEELY.
RICHARD n. dyer _ _ TV' Tp 30 -WALL STREET,
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Cv" 1 ? 7 "q new York . _.Q.ft*..oJb!B.r.....X.6.,.. _ 1891.
Thomas A. Edtsoii^Eaq-^g^J’, j
A short time ago you instructed. Mr. Gatlin
to make application for patents in England, France and Germany, on
your railway system employing low tension currents with connections
leading to each rail, the rails being connected by a metal plate,
with a conducting amalgam between the plate and rail ends.
We enclose powers of attorney for France and Germany for
your signature .
In instructing us to file applications abroad on this in¬
vention, did you intend to have us go ahead at once, thereby limit¬
ing the United States patent which may be obtained to fourteen
years, or did you intend to have us wait until the United States
patent was ready to issue? In the latter oase we call your atten¬
tion to the fact that oare should be exercised about allowing this
to be published in any manner, since this would bar a patent in
DYER & SEELY.
V OFFICES, ,
36 WALL STREET,
Thomas A'.* Edison, Esq'. (
NEW YORK _ October 22, 1891V
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OCT 2 3 1891 ^
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Please inform us what day next week, or as soon
thereafter as may be, you can spare time to testify in the case of
Edison vsV Ohinneekv Let us know as soon as possible so that we
may serve notioe ♦ftr/taking^timony at the Laboratory'.
Yoyye truly.
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Dear Sir: -,>*
In 1887 we filed two applications (Nos1. 733
^ ^V^Zc09^11 improvemont5 ^ Phonographs which were covered
by y.our^ English patent No? 1644 of 1878, ' ihese applications were
filed for the reason that there was some hopes that the Courts
would decide that an expired foreign patent would not limit the
life of a subsequent United States patent. Since that date Judge
Thayer in toe Circuit Court case of Huber v. Nelson Manufacturing
Co, 38 E, R? 830 has held that a United States patent granted
after an English patent for the same invention had .-.lapsed and be¬
come void by reason of non-payment of a stamp duty, was granted
without authority, and was therefore void? later the Supreme
Court in Pohl v. Anchor Brewing Co? 51 0? 0, 156, has held, that
there is nothing in the statute which admits of the view that the
duration of the United States patent is to be limited by anything-
but the duration of toe legal, term of the f oreigh patent in force
at the tJme_of _the issuing of the United States patent, or that
it is- to be limited by any lapsing or forfeiture of any portion of
the term of such foreign patent? it is to be observed that this,
decision,, refers to a case in. which the United States patent was
granted before the expiration • of the foreign patent, but it is
TSA .‘Edison'."
possible Jhat the principle of the decision would enable us to
obtain allowance of these applications by acknowledging the for¬
eign patent, notwithstanding the first decision above quoted:
The question is whether you would consider it worth while to take
out the patents in view of the fact that they would only run to
April 24, 1892, the date at which the^fcerm of the English patent
expires*." if you do think it is worth while we can put in affida¬
vits acknowledging the foreign patents and endeavor to obtain the
patents; or, if you think it worthwhile, the affidavits might be
put in merely for the sake of keeping the applications alive, al¬
though there dpes not seem to be any probability that the Courts’
will make any decision which will relieve th
limitation by the foreign patent- .
Application 806 also covers subject-matter found in the
same English patent, and if obtained, would be likewise limited,
and the same question aa to the desirability of obtaining the pa¬
rent, if possible, on account of the brief term, arises'. We enclose
tracings of the three applications in order that you may see what
their subject-matter is: The dLaims in 806 are on the method of
duplicating a phonogram; in 733 the data* are on the particular
form of apparatus shown; in 734 are broad claims to a phonogram
blahk having a surface of wax or wax like material and a backi*^
of tough material such as paper*:
It is necessary that we should a,ot on these applications
(at least 733 and 734) before the 12th of next month, hence we
should like an early reply.
Yours
Enclosures'.
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A. 0. Tate EsqV; ' i Ul/ 5 lQgi
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Dear sir,- ^
\te enclose herewith the specification in
Mr. Edison's case 946 onmunicipal lamp cut-outs, and request that
you kindly have him sign the same as indicated and make oath before
a Notary, returning the papers to us when executed.
The enclosed tracing of the drawing shows figure 3 incom¬
plete . The spring in the model from which we worked the drawings
is coiled in a conical form. Is this the way the spring should
appear, or can it not be coiled in a cylindrical form? We did not
complete the drawings in this respect, thinking there may be some
object in coiling the spring in the conical form. Kindly have us
advised as to this.
Messrs'* Dyer & See ly,
No* 36 Wall Street,
New York City .
Dear Sirs:-
1 return herewith the specification in Ur* Edison'
case 946 on municipal lamp cut-outs, which he has signed before
notary.
In regard to the enclosed tracing, whioh shows Figure 3
incomplete, I attach hereto a letter from Mr* John Ott, with a
model of cut-out.
Youib
Private Secretary.
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Thomas A'; Edison, Esqv,
Dear Sir:-
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In your application 749 the following claims
stand finally rejected by fli e Examiner:
1. An electrical switch provided with contact surfaces of
a. low resistance inoxidizable metal, substantially as described*
2. An electrical switch provided with contact surfaces
of silver, substantially as described*
3. An electrical switch having its contact surfaces
faced with a thin sleet or coating of a low resistance inoxidizable
metal, such as silver, substantially as described*
The Examiner relies on two patents to Jones, 118,537,
August 29, 1871, and 121,173, November 21, 1871, and patent to
Weston, 233,823, October 26, 1880. The first mentioned patent
shows a sewing machine motor in which a switch is operated by the
needle bar. The switfih has stationary contacts "of silver or
platinum", onto and off from which slides a "current breaker of any
material which will permit of its acting as a conductor"-. The
second patent also shows a motor and a switch for controlling it
having "platinum or silver jplates" against which arms "of am
suitable conducting material" are brought in contact at sJttle
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intervals'. The Weston patent describes -brushes of a suitable
number of thin sheets of copper which are silver plated the object
of plating being to keep the sheets clean and protect them against
corrosion, which might impair the integrity of their electrical
contact with each other and with the periphery of the commutator-.
While re ither of these patents show the use of silver in
a hand switch such as shown in your application, they do clearly
disclose the use of silver for switch contacts. Do you consider
this of sufficient importance to warrant an appeal to the Board of
Examiners -in-Chief ? While it:’ is possible that we might obtain
the claims, we consider the chances very poor1.
Yours
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LAW OFFICES,
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We enclose two affidavits in your phonograph applica¬
tions 733 and 734, about which we wrote you a few days ago. These
affidavits will bo put in simply to keep the applications alive as
long as possible but without the intention of taking out patents at
least at present. It is necessary to file these affidavits in the
Patent Office before the 12th of next month.
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DYER 4 SEELY.
V OFFICES,
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November 17, 18915'
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Orange, N-. J',
Dear Sir:-
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We enclose a specification. Case 945, for Mr'. Edison's
signature in the three places required, if he finds the specifica¬
tion is suitable shape'.
We also enclose a specification on an Electric Current
Meter invented by Ott and Kennelly. Please suggest: to Mr. Kennelly
that he examine the specification and if he finds anything that is
k not correct or clear, that he should call our attention to it'.
Yours truly ,
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A. 0. late Esq.
We beg to advise you that Mr. Edison’p aj>piio*~
tlon No. 418 upon improvements in the art of electrical deeomppsi-
tion has been allowed by the Patent Office. We enclose a copy of
the drawings and the claims as allowed. If Mr. Edison desires to
have this patent issued at once, kindly send us a check for $20 to
cover the final fee. Kindly return the enclosed drawing.
Yours truly,
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DYER 4 SEELY.
LAW OFFICES,
36 WALL STREET,
n ew York . Deoember 5. 1891'.
Thomas At Edison, Esq#,
Care of New Jersey & Penn. Concentrating Works,
Dear Sir:-
Ogden, N. j-,f
We enclose herewith a preliminary statenent in an inter¬
ference declared November 2nd, on the application of yourself and
Mr'. Ott on the Nickel-in-the-slot Phonograph Machine. This state
ment is similar to one you executed some time ago in another inter
ference'. Kindly sign the same as indicated, and send it to Mr.
Randolph at the Laboratory, who will have it signed by Mr. Ott.
We wish you would mail this to Mr. Randolph immediately, as we
desire to have filed at the Patent Office on Thursday.
Yours truly.
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T‘. A. Edison, Esq.,
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We send you herewith a copy of our brief in
the interference between yourself and Maxim and Swan, relating to
the parchment paper and the bent horse-shoe filament.
Yours
DYER & SEELY.
John F . Ott Esq.
LAW OFFICES, «...
38 WALL STREET,
n E w YO R K . ._JQa«u_l£U 1891,
Dear sir,*
T/e presume- your application 1302, on an at¬
tachment for phonographs, which was in interference with Conyngton,
Gilliland &c., is to lie assigned to Mr. Edison. We are ready to
pay the final fee, the application having been allowed by the
Patent Office, but before paying the same, send you the enclosed
assignment for your signature if you find it in desired 'shape.
If the invention is not to be assigned to Mr.. Edison please inform
us of that fact. If you sign the enclosed -paper have your signa¬
ture attested by one witness.
Yours truly,
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N EW YORK _ _ 18.91 j _
Dear Mr. Edison, -
We enclose you a copy of the patent which has
just been issued to you on tension reducers arranged in multiple
arc. We have advised Major Eaton to bring suit upon this patent
at once, so as to avoid any question of laches.
The patent will undoubtedly be attacked as not. showing a
practical apparatus, and it may be also said that the apparatus
described is not operative. We should be prepared to meet these "
two objections, and also to make complete proof of your entire work
in this line.
We consider this a better and more important patent than
that which was lately issued to the Bell Telephone Company on the
application of Berliner and on which the Bell Telephone people
raised the price of their stock $25. a share.
(Enclosure )
Dear Mr. Edison:-
no. .«^Er^2J5;“T£,£r °f ^ ««
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triot Judges. Perhaps we oaf^t ^ coraP° sed of three Dis-
in a request by Jan. 12. efendant to unite with us
the brief. I belie ve^e is not'31^ wee^’and did no work on
not have been readythis v,l£%Zn Vr ^ °Ur 8ide would
writing
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write. Thus thi Sle brief w<U be ^ ^ SeWard w111
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LAW OFFICES, ,
DYER & SEELY
T. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange H. J.,
Dear Sir!-
(AvU
N ew Yorin'- . December 19. 1891.
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fins’d-
38
We enclose herewith copies of patents Nos. 46B';250 and
465,251, both issued December 15th, on Ore Method.
We also enclose herewith a copy of patent No. 464,895 is¬
sued to J. Riddell, December S, 1891, upon an Improvement in Var¬
iable Transmitting Mechanism. In connection with this patent, we
wish to call your attention to figure 12 of your caveat No. 118,
and particularly to figure 14 and figure 15 of your caveat No. 119.
Caveat No. 118 was executed by you August 4, 1890, and caveat No.
119 August 13, 1890'. We believe you have the original notes of
these caveats from which we prepared the copies for the Patent
Office.
Yours truly.
[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
J. RIDDELL.
VARIABLE TRANSMITTING MECHANISM.
Patented Deo. 8, 1891.
yu-- . 7"ji^
Witrteaaei
United States Patent Offe
•TOJIN RTDBBM, OlfOTN .ASSIGNOR OF OMJMIAW TO GUYOX V. Gill
w °°D. 01? BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
VARIABLE TRANSMITTING MECHANISM.
SPECIFICATION' forming part of letters Potent No. 46 4.865;, dated December 8, 1891.
Application filed March 20. 1801. 8crt.il No, 388,778. .ato nrnlol.)
licitizoi.
of ll.o United Slatos, rosldhijf at Lynii, la tho
county of Lssox and Stato of Massaohusotts,
i liavo invontod a now and asofal I.nurovo-
' ' nri“1J 0 Ti'iiiisinittiuff Moolmaisia,
or wluuli tho followii.K is it spooifloatloa.
IWy in volition I'olatos to a dovioo wlioroby a
lioramlly-qiiioaooat iiioiiiboi' — say a shaft
i wheel, or pulley— may at will of tho operator
ho so ooaaoctod with a oonstaatly-rovolvod
laoiaboi;— say a driviag-shaft— as to bo pro-
pollod tlioi'ofroia.at nay dosirod speed nad ia
oitlior tho saino direction ns such driving
member or in a direction reversely thereto.
My device is applicable to a great diversity
of uses—for example, as a speed and powor
transmitter and regulator for various do-
vi cos, such nsdontal-cngines, jowclors’ drills
and burnishers, electric motors, &a. As a
governor for electric motors and dynamos and
tor steam, water, and other engines, it may
be i inndo to produce a variablo speed in either
a forward or tho rovorso dirnnt.inn
. iwiiiwmw a vanauiospceu 111 OltllCl*
a forward or tho rovorso direction.
25 . Thoform of my invention herein illustrated
is well adapted to such machines as those
lathes, circular saws, drills, &c., which require
a slow speed with great powor in tho direc¬
tion of effective rotation followed by a quick
30 return or retractile rotation.
The device combines tho functions of a
clutch and a variablo transmitter without
change or disruption of impact and without
sudden jar.
35 Boforri ng to the accoin pa ny i ng d rawi ngs,
which form a part of this specification, Figuro
I shows in its normal or inactive condition a
lorm of my device whereby tho person in
charge can cause the driven shaft or mombor
40 to bo rotated at any desired speed relatively to
the driver, said rotation, when slow, being in
the same direction as that of tho driver ami
N I is a diagram which represents a foi
my iuvontiou in which tho driven moinl
rotated in tho same direction as tho dr
membor, but at any dosirod slower spec
A represents a conical boss, which coi
of a rigid ami removable projection fr
hunger or othor fixture 2.
3 is my driving-shaft, having a pulley
a driving-bolt 5 from any suitablo sour
powor. At tho cud remote from tho said
ley 4 tho driving-shaft Is journaled in ai
bearing 9, and noar tho said pulley is :
nalod in and foathorod, as at 7, to a sice
whoso normal position is shown in Fig. I
which is capable of being shifted to oi
tho right or loft. For this purposo
sleeve has a circumferential groovo 9 foi
coption of a shifting ring or y.oko, (not 1
shown,) which may bo of any customar
suitable construction. Fig. II shows tho !
slcove shifted to its extreme loft posit
Tho cono A is perforated ill tho lino of
geometrical axis, so ns to constitute a j<
nal-benriug both for tho rotating and loi
tudinally-shiftublo slcove 8 and the incla
driving-shaft 3. Sleeved upon tho drivi
shaft 3 and pressed toward the cono A b
spring 10 is my driven cone B, which can
a pulley 12, from which proceeds a bolt K
the machinery to bo driven.
Extending radially and at equal cireuml
ential distances from tho sleeve 8 nro t'
three, four, or more arms 14, having bif
catod extremities or cheeks lo foroscillati
tubes or boxes 10, from which at their m
length. extend fulcrums 17, that, occupy a
rock within orifices in said cheeks. Each
said tubes constitutes tho journal-bearing
a shaft 19, armod at each extremity wit!
wheel 20, which has a tiro 21 of imlia-rubl
or other suitablo material sons lo constiti
a frictiion-wheol.
couoor mornbor 1:1. At their itoiiniil position
(aoo iris. I) t ho wliools 20 simply roil around
both cones without producing rotation of tlio
member 11. Shift oC tiio tmnsmittor C oillior
S to right or to loft oporntcs to rotnto tlio mom-
uor B. A right sliift of tlio tmnsmittor op¬
erates to sot up in tlio momliur 11 n rota¬
tion in tlio snmo direction ns tlio tmnsmil-
tor, but nt a roducort spood. A loft shift, on
to tho contrary, (soo Fig. II,) oporatos to rotnto
tlio luoinlior II nt a higher spood than and in
tno rovorso dirootion to tlio rotation of tlio
tmnsmittor. Assooiatod wi;h spring 10 may
bo a nut 22, which, boing sej'owod loll ward or
IS rightward on tlio d r! vi ng-shiJf t, sorves to rogu-
lato tlio prossnro of said spring.
The fulcrum of tlio osoillating bearing 1C
may bo confined in a radial slot 15' in the arm
15 and tlio transmitter may lie hold wlthyield-
-° lnB prossuro upon tlio oonos by a spring 20.
wliioh may have its stress rogulntod by a tom-
por-sorow 24. With such a yielding rulcrum
ono of tlio “oonos” may bo of cylindrical or
approximately cylindrical form and may op-
25 orate by cogs insieml of friction connection.
ti,i!w°fC2Md co,;° or mornbor II, instoml of'
tlio shaft 3, may bo tlio driving mornbor, pul-
aMvin^oy:0" th° llriVe" il,at0“a “C 11,0
30 It is manifest tlintof tlio tliroo mcinbors A,
. IS, and C oitlior 0110 may bo tlio non-rotntivo
inombor, and of tlio othor two oitlior may bo
employed ns tlio driving with tlio otlior as
tlio driven inombor.
3S It is obvious that any suitablo moehnnism—
such as a ta n of cog-whools— may bo used
for transmitting tho motion of tlio mornbor 13
to tho machinery to bo driven, or tlio said
Having thus described my invention, tho
following Is what I claim as now therein and
dosiro to secure by Letters Patent:
3. In a vnrinblo transmitting mechanism,
tho combination of tliroo members, of v.’hioh **5
two aro aligned and rovorsoly-prosontod oonos,
and of which tho otlior mornbor is armed at
pnoli ond witli rolling contacts whoso journal- 1
boaring is fulerumod in a lioad slidablo.lon-
gitndinally of said oonos, moans for prevent- to
ing ono mornbor from rotation, and means for ”
communicating rotation to 0110 of tho othor
mombors, substantially as and for tho pur¬
pose sot forth.
2, In a variable transmitting moohanism, 55
tho combination of a fixed 00110, an aligned
royorsoly-dirootod rotatablo eono, a shaft co¬
axial with and revolving frooly within said
oonos, a sioovo foathorod toand slidabloupon
said shaft, two or more equidistant arms of 60
said sleeve, ouch arm afford ing fulcrum-boar-
nig for an oscillating bearing, and a shaft
journaled in said bearing, wliich shaft carries
at 1 ts exti'o m i ties two roll i ng con tacts or trans-
mitting-wheols, substantially as and for tho
purpose .set forth.
a. The combination of tho shaft a, tho sta¬
tionary couo A, tlio transmitter proper C, tho
cono U, revolving and sliding freely on said
shaft, the spring 10, and tho rogulating-nut 70
22, substantially as sot forth.
of freeing the globe of an incandescent electric lamp from organic
and other foreign substances which enter the lamp during the pro¬
cess of manufacture, by getting rid of indissoluble substances on
the interior of the globe by oxidizing them and then washing the
material from the glass. This is done before exhaustion and is
for the purpose of improving the vacuum. These claims are finally
rejected, the Examiner talcing the ground that there is no invention
in cleaning the inside of globes in the same manner that plates and
vessels have been cleaned in laboratory work .
The claims in your application 672 also stand finally re¬
jected. These claims cover the method of producing and maintain¬
ing a high vacuum in the glass globes of incandescent electric
lamps, consisting in removing foreign substances by washing the in¬
ner surface of thB globe with hot water, then exhausting the air
and then sealing the globe. The Examiner takes the ground that
there is no invention in cleaning the globes as and for the purpose
indicated, in view of what is common in laboratory practice.
We cannot amend in such manner as to keep these oases aliwe
longer, since they have stood under final rejection for nearly two
years. Shall we let them go, or shall we appeal? We consider
the prospects of success on an appeal extremely poor.
O')
DYER & SEELY.
which is enclosed, you describe the reciprocating crushing roller
5 as being longer than the roller 4. Is there any reason for this,
except that by making one roller longer than the other the surface
of the shorter roller, for its entire length, is always in working
contact with the .other roller, and material is saved by making one
roller short, without reducing the efficiency of the apparatus?
Is there any advantage gained by reciprocating. the longer roller
that would not be gained by reciprocating the shorter one?
The patents cited by the Examiner show it to be old to
reciprocate one or both of the rollers in mechanism for crushing
or grinding, for the purpose of preventing the rollers becoming
worn in circumferential grooves. We shall, therefore, be obliged
to restrict the claims to ordinary features of construction. It is
doubtful whether we can even get claims depending solely on the
difference in length of the rollers, since we describe rollers of
equal length as being equivalent thereto; also, in view of one of
the patents cited, which shows^but does not describe) a similar
construction. If there is some important advantage gained by
(T'. A. E., 2)
reciprocating the longer of the two crushing rollers, we may
haps cover it, but we do not see that there is.
Yours truly,
NOVELTIES MUJOANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMPS DESCRIBED IN EDI¬
SON'S PATENT No. 383R9R.
THE
BURNER.
!| -1* A filament of carbon, viz. small cross section with¬
out regard to length.
Jj . This result^ in or makes possible-
jj a- A moderate current an (1 small leading-in .
!!' v/ires of a high resistance metal*, platinum?* which of
all metals only has •a^co.effioient of expansion like j
! that of glass. . . .. %■
j b. A-, small . radiatingy.. siirf ace and a hi gji re-
si' stance;f?tod,rsm-arli’ mass per, .unit vof f’ surf ace ’which I
% '//WV'V *
pennits of a divided ligiimVizi" one^in which an
economically high tonpor'alure of the|bumer can be ' j
maintained without producing a light of more than j
moderate candle power. ^ j
c. Elasticity;. which permits fixed connections |
for the ends of the filament to be employed, and ena-h
bles the lamp to be transported and handled without
breaking the filament.
2. A filament of carbon having a high specific resist¬
ance. (Note. This is to be distinguished from the broad idea
of using this character of carbon, that being old in the form
of sticks or pencils.) This increases the resistance and
decreases the mass per unit of radiating surface. It aids
the filament in all directions in which the latter is ad¬
vantageous. Carbonizable structural and unstructural mater-
iAs_are_de-sc r lh ed . _ _
3. A carbon burner having a high total resistance suit¬
able for multiple arc. This is due to the lengthening of 1
and the employment of 8, which together enable 3 to be secur¬
ed in a divided light, viz. one with a small radiating sun-
face and mass .permitting an economically high degree of heat
of the burner to be used and at the same time producing a
light of moderate candle power. The coiling of the filament,
to further reduce the radiating surface is described. The
lengthening of the filament also increases the elWicity,
necessity in order to give go6d:1|lectrical^ connections with
the filament. 'f|L " V
4. .A carbon filament made ofjprbonizable material
reduced to size before carbon! ^ataon^^ :
(Note. This is to be distinguished' from tlie broad
idea of making carbon burnprl in this way, that being old
in pencil s. ) , ■
This enables a filament to be obtained uniform in'
size and in degree of carbonization.
5. Carbon burner secured to wires by carbon paste. ■
6. Preventing the distortion of the filament during car¬
bonization.
THE LAMP CHAMBER.
7. An entire glass chamber, viz. one of an entire or
unbroken piece of glass.
(Note. Crooke's radiometer produced an eleciric light
but was not an electric lamp)
8.
A high and stable vacuum, re suiting in long life of
burner and economy in energy.
9- nmm rtres ««“*•»* «11 to seal into El„s8.
• IP OUNIilRAI. LAMP STRUCTURE.
10. The us, of a carbon burner in a high and stable
| vacuum.
' •* v ■ , .• .
i, lie lies of 1, 3, 8 or 4 either eeparateiy>Qr to¬
il Esther in a high stable vaclnm_ ^
I 13- ^ws»u»
I! ments necessary to permit ' a simple'
' '■ -
” """*'** a Ig1® to be4ade composed
“ ***" #*!$*!* ^^@%n,1„;,e<1.-o.rJon.l„r„er.-
i “mi!r ^ *>* -
i tJib glass. ‘ ' ^
.
:A ^
(»ote. Features 1 , 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, •,« »nd M arB
an —eroial 1„, .h.ther hieh or i*„w resistance or "
whether intended for us, in Stipl. .To or in series)
1891. Phonograph - General (D-91-43)
This folder contains correspondence about the technical and commercial
development of the phonograph. Some of the letters are by Edison’s attorney,
Sherburne B. Eaton, and relate to Edison’s suit against Ezra T. Gilliland and
John C. Tomlinson. There are also letters about Edison’s investment in the
Phonogram , a monthly phonograph magazine published by Virginia H. McRae;
items regarding the lawsuit between the North American Phonograph Co. and
the Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Co.; correspondence about musical
recording sessions at the West Orange laboratory; and requests for
information about phonographs and cylinder recordings. Individual letters
pertaining to more than one phonograph company are also Tried in this folder.
Approximately 90 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal;
letters of acknowledgement; routine correspondence concerning phonograph
agencies and contracts.
- — ^
The Official Organ of the United. States Phonograph Companies.
A HOMTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF TIIE PHONOGRAPH, AND KINDRED 8UIMEOTS.
I enclosed you last week a copy of tho Phonogram,
hut I presume that through some error in the mailing department it
must have been lost, as I hear through Mr. Tate that you have not
received it.
I take 'pleasure in mailing you to-day a copy of tho
same, which I trust you will find worthy of your approval.
I am with great respect.
Very truly yours.
MANAGER.
jueuLBj IkcMt 'fc Qisfa
^ JMk
Ifcg /vi/t/^L — - ^
Jpiw/f' b-fto^4 J% .
■ \ ^lA/oMkOnj Vzt//1
tJ i : *VQ:
The; Phonogram,
Stye Official Orgap of tl?e pipoqograp!? <$ompai?ies of tl?e United States.
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
Devoted to the Interests of the Phonograph, and Kindred Subjects.
Room 127 Pulitzer Building.
'y<uAJ . January
. iScfl.
w» A- 0. Tate:-
Orange,
Now Jersey,
My Dear Mrv Tate,
In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of
January 7th, I need not say how greatly the prompt and generous
action of Mr. Edison in taking five shares of stock in the Phono-.
S.r-m has encouraged me.
While I am making many strong friends for the
Magazine, naturely there are none I prize so much as the "Father"
of all the gracious influences that are inspiring men - ard one
woman to achieve great undertakings.
Please communicate my thanks to Mr. Edison,
and hoping frequently to receive words of good cheer and wise coun¬
cil' both from you and himse/f.
I I am very sincerely yours.
Manager.
EATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
( EQUITABLE BUILDING)
Dear Sir:
..'Yew tip/ljlA n:._3Ld,_iaq:,.
I A ■m
r?
Edison' v Gilliland and Tomlinson. X beg to
say that pursuant to your instructions, and against our own judg¬
ment, we are giving each month extensions to the defense in this
suit, that is to say we are allowing them an extension of time
month by month within which to file their answer.
In view of the notice which Mr. Idppincott has
served on us that he objects to any further extensions being grant¬
ed., I write to enquire if you will not now allow vis to take the
position which we have been desirous of taking all along, viz: that,
we shall grant no further extensions and that the defense must
file their answer at o$ce.
We signed the last extension for another month,
two days ago, but it has not yet been delivered, and the defendants
counsel tell us this morning that they will file their answer in
five days or so , if we insist on it.
May we insist on the answer being filed at once?
You need have no fear that they will press the case after the
answer is filed. Consequently any objection which you may have
to being annoyed by having your time ocupied in this suit, you
can doubtless dismiss.
We advise that the answer be filed and that we
then, after finding out just what it is, decide whether we shall
press the suit on our part or not.
Will you kindly send us your instructions as to
granting further extnsions, aid oblige,
Very truly yours,
Dea* Mr. Edison: ' . ’ I8J1,
if I were the Co- Fight. I told Bush yesterday that
7 ./ore tne judge I would continue the preliminary intunetion
5=r» ^ rS°r
the Attnnnnv p ^’^p0’ v Exhibition Co. Bush has applied to
lE to “k8 pl*” « *“■“» »•«
aSi r«r«s ,™ “
I,\ iv : " fortunately , no blame whatever rests on -no.
Ail of these things wore both before my time.
„ „ . Che ever tells Bush that if all the
of Exhibition Co. stock will surrender their stook to" him and
associates, they will stop t*e fip-ht and lot + u« „ a t. . 11 „
S*„*“ *"»»» “■* «.o.tat7= i#
thSetheyaareandtaheCVer’ ** BIUoh to°!ath in^rdJr to" show
of anv iov^t , has man; judgments against him and pays no bills -
oi any sort, being utterly dead broke. Bush ssv« tp*+ „u
S"“’e *hat he lived cn an income allowed him by his father ^(Tth at
h had no property whatever except some shares of stock in mr
Porations of no account. The testimony shots that a jud^pnl
against Cheever would be practically worthless. Bush sayd t£t if
rc;^e„^S-S.9.“:fih:arinR’ Pths
Evans is 1 n ' ^ -ties, at least so far as ;/
Bush sava that f !?x*anrton8 in E<lis°u v Gilliland and Tomlinson.
Bush sajs that last Summer G. and T. had an interview with Bush
thsvL™ulT0t!' Th°y trie4 t0 fri^ltQrl ^sh and Lippincott so that
they would got you you to stop your suit against them. Tomlinson
tead to L. andB. the Proposed answer in their suit. It pitched
int° »•» ■»«»*■•
told him :oT^ lWJ «"»™r wtiiuh n ood frlflht.n Mm, and
id him not to ask you to grant an extension .
ed in fri-Wii/w, '^'S +later Ohoover went Haines and succeed/?
Lipp incott 't o'1 ask £? f0° rant ' T™’ tried to Set P
d0 so. s ait extensions. Lippincott declined to,. -
He called on JTur^nsZT, % -tensions. •
told him that my orders must come from you tr-inns rt 1 ,
« m e«.i, m to mo ,o ^ s^agarg,
J- --AnfofcJ.i ,j
newspapers would publish the answer and thereby injure his ventures
Bush notifies me that Lippincott wants' you to grant
no further extensions. If you grant them, Bush states that Lip-
pinoOT.t will ask you to hand him back his bond.
Bush states that G. and T. did not know that Lip-
pineott has made an affidavit for us and that they do not realize
how strong against them our case is.
In view of the above, and deferring to my letter
of yesterday to you on this matter, I hope you will diroot my of¬
fice not to grant any more extensions.
Re Nickel Slot Again. Bush says that Lippincott will
consent to sell phonographs*! th. a string tied around them so that
they cannot be used for nickel slot purposes or beyond th e terri¬
tory of the local company. Ke says that Lippincott will also
adopt my plan, to force all the local companies to recognise the
■'Skh ib .i ti on Co. Bush says that Lippincott and Cheever together can
get all of the local companies to voluntarily consent to having
phonographs sold with a restriction.
The fight between the N. A. P. Co. and th a Exhibit ion
Co. ought to be stopped. All that the Exhibition Co. wants is to
prevent phonographs from being sold without restrictions as to
nickel slot business. Both you and Lippincott are willing to con
sent to this. Then why fight any longer?
Bush says that if you or your representative, will
now stop in and take up the plan which he and I were at work on
before the fight began, Lippincott will help you carry it out. Of
course Cheever will, for it is just what he wants.
I strongly advise that you and Mr'. Insull immediate
ly take this matter up. Then turn the details over to Bush andm»
and I am sure we can save the Exhibition Co. mid give it a monopoly
for the whole United States. But if you or Insull ant. -it. ™,=+ k„
done promptly.
<«
w i th out r e v i s i on .
dictated Sunday and will be sent to
I shall send a copy to Mr. Insull.
id wi
£
EATON S, LEWIS
Wj/t EQUITABLE BUILDING)
yjfrM.’ .^yy^kn. 23. 1891.
Dear Mr. Edison:
Jurt£'e x,aoombe decided as I thought he would, to con-
turme at least for the present the temporary injunction. I think
that in the end he will continue it permanently so far as Hew
York State is concerned at least.
Please note what I have marked in blue pencil about
graphophones. Db you wish me to hasten the entry of the order so
that graphophones my be sold without delay? Please return the
annexed papers.
Very truly yours ,
Thomai A. Edison, Esq.
[ENCLOSURE]
Dio tated.
'■e.uMY/1-ei-iA January 22nd, 1891.
My dear Major Eaton :
X am just in receipt of your favor of this
morning.
I saw Mr. lippineott last evening, after his trip to
Orange, and understood him tp say that Mr. Edison was to renew the
note until March 15th. 1891; and that meanwhile arrangements as to
the indebtedness of The North American Phonograph Co. were to be
made.
Ihe present note, as I understand it, carries no stock
of The North American Phonograph Co. as collateral.
If I am correct, •'the. collateral for that note, which Mr.
Edison has promised to renew until March 15th. 1891, is stock of
the Edison Phonograph Co.
It will give me great pleasure to call on you tomorrow
between 12 and 3, as suggested.
I send you herewith a copy of the opinion of Judge La-
combe. As at present advised we shall at once push for a trial
of the case on the merits and file a Cross-Bill f0r relief in re¬
spect to the exhibits annexed to the six party agreement.
I have not yet lost my faith in toe Phonograph, and if
you and I can only come together. wi thou t toe annoyance of Tomlin-
[ENCLOSURE]
son, Gilliland, Cheever and Company, I think prospects will bright¬
en very rapidly.
(Enclosure. )
o
[ENCLOSURE]
O 0
UNITED STATEf CIRCUIT COURT
Southern District of Mew York
Automatic Phonograph Exhibition
Company
Tho North American Phonograph
Company
-x
MOTION POR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
! L A COME E, Circuit Juape: ,
- Tills motion mu nt be determined upon the papers
as they stand. It is not disputed that the six-party
agreement to which, both dependent and complaint wore par¬
ties was in the form se,t forth in. the bill. :>i ts fourth,
clause, therefore, contained an epreement on the port of
the defendant to use its best endeavors so far as it could
lerelly do ho to induce its licensees to enter into agree¬
ments with the complainant similar to tho one annexed to
such six-party arreomont , and which, did not contain the
reservations which had been inserted in contracts made
■ with Buch licensees before tho friendly offices of the do¬
ll Pendant had boen thus secured.
It is insisted that the six-party acreoment was
signed in such form by a mistake, and defendant prays, os
is about to rray, that.it be reformed in that rospoct. it
is , ; however ,
i important document, formally
b~
executed under seal, presumably with all (the deliberation
which attends the execution of such instruments , and upon
this motion for a preliminary injunction it must be held
as eoreeotly expressing the intention of the parties, cor- j
tainly unless a perfectly clear oase of fraud or mutual mis-j
take of fact were mode out.
The objections that the complainant is not law-
fully organized as a corporation and that for various rea¬
sons such contracts are ultra vires should not avail to
defeat this motion under the principles laid down in
Whitney Arms do. v. Barlow. 63 >1. Y. , 63 and Railway Co. j
v. McCarthy, 96 U. S., 898, as the defendant has received
under the contract and still holds 19,000 shares of the j
complainant's stock.
The injunction may continue until further BCtion j
of the Court in the terms Of the ad interim order but with j
an express reservation of the graphophones. I
Jan. 31, 1691. E. Henry Lacombe .
i
r The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
Executive Office, 16-18 Broad St.
' New York, Fobruar
Referring to my note of last weok, enclosing clipping
from the Commercial Advertiser as to new uses for the Phonograph,
I beg to enclose herein letter from the Smithsonian Institution
giving the gist of the experiments upon the monkeys to date, which
do not appear to have been carried very far or to have been very
conclusive; it might be owing to the fact that -• on o graph was
[ENCLOSURE]
It was regarded as of no importance, no record of it was kept, nor lias any report
of it been published by the Institution.
The; Phonogham,
Sl?e Official Or?ai> of tl?e pipoijograpl? <5ompaijies of tlpe Uipited States.
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
Devoted to the Interests of the Phonograph, and Kindred Subjects.
Room T27 Pulitzer Building.
'y+d, .
Mr. A. 0. Tata,
Private Sec. of Mr. Edison,
/(,: Edison's Laboratory, Orange.y."N. J.
Dear Sir :
Will you please let mo know if Mr. Edison will
be^back to-morrow as I am very anxious to organize my stock company
at 'once and "get his name enrolled.
If he does not return to-morrow, will you let me
know v/nere he is, so that I can reach him by letter. Could you
send me a telegraphic dispatch in answer to this, and greatly oblige
Yours very truly,
Manager.
}r The; Phonogham,
r\ 5l?e Official Orgaij of tl?e pipopoijrapl? Qompaijies of tlpe dijited States.
V\y A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
■* 0^, Devoted to the Interests of the Phonoorsph, and Kindred Subjects.
Room 137 Pulitzer Building.
"■ rsj. ~y*4, . 23rd. ,X„ X
Mr. Tiics. A. Edison:-
Edison General: Electric.:Co%arii-:- /
Schenectady, M.Y., r" ■ if ^
I send you by this mil, the February
n-itor of th. Phonogram and trust m *U noto lt, evident improve,
ment over the first issue.
I hope especially that you will agree rath me
in my editorial views as to the real, progressive and practical
purpose of the Phonograph in economising labor, becoming a con¬
fidential agent whenever personal secrecy may be
the future I fon
- .menever personal secrecy may be required and in
every respect, supplying a human need. I take this .high ground
bo cause looking into the it, tore I foresee that tha Phonograph
,vill soon cease to be the to, of the people who frequent saloons
auct Oigar shops and for success must depend on its genuine merit.
because I an, a woman, I already realise that
I must light ,, way aiong these adverse influences, but if I „ sus¬
tained by those who have it heart .tie really great interests in¬
volved in ,„»r noble invention, I am sure of ultimately establish¬
ing the magasine on a foundation from which nothin/* cen shake „
The; Phonogram,
5l?e Offieial Orgai? of tlpe p^oijotjrapl? Qompapies of tl?e ilijited States.
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
Devoted to the Interests of the Phonooraph, and Kindred Subjects.
Room 137 Ptilitzer Building,
ytsAu- 'ijoAAj . . . . 1 $cj
2
iVly advertising is beginning to come in with loss solicitatio
and tllue utterances of my correspondents are in every way encoura¬
ging.
Under these circumstances, may I not in a '
measure rely upon you - you who know what the first years of a
struggle are with success right in front, yet just eluding' your
grasp because you did not have the strength to roach it.
enterprise is yours, its inspirations are your own, its ambition
is that which moved you years ago, and when I write, endeavoring
to disseminate influences that some day will have their fruition,
it is with the feeling that I but repeat what you have thought ovc
and over again, and would have me say to the largest possible au-
You have already indicated that you would sub¬
scribe to five of the shares and there is no time when the sub- '
scrips ion will be more welcome than now. Having to wait upon
the expiration of the advertising contracts and to use money in
pushing the circulation, I am now and shall bo. short-handed for
The; Phonogram,
5l?e Official Orgai? of tye pipoijograpl? Qompaipies of t|?e tinted States.
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
Devoted to the Interests of the Phonograph, and Kindred Subjects.
Room 137 Pulitzer Building.
JScj
two or three months to come, so that I make this frank appeal to
you fo forward me the amount of your subscription as soon as prac¬
ticable and to keep your helping influences around me until the
Phonograph. is firmly established on the high plane to which it is
tending. ;
Refolding to your favor of the 25th. inst., I
beg to hand you herewith copies of the waivers which Mr. Edison-
executed for royalties due him under his contract with the Toy
Co., also copies of similar contracts executed by the North Amer¬
ican Phonograph Co., the same being as followsi-
(1) Thomas A. Edison and the Edison -Phonograph Toy
Mfg. Co. agreement, dated January 31, 1890.
(2) Agreement between * ove parties, dated April 30,1890
(3) North American Phonograph Co. and Edison Phonograph
Toy Mfg. Co., agreement, dated January 31, 1890.
(4) Agreement between same parties, dated April 30, 1890.
Very truly yours,
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CAPACITY OP LINOTYPE
In Setting up Report Made on the Phonograph.
Hr. Rand, I wish to show you now the operation of
the Phonograph in connection with the Linotype. You
will certainly see that the day of shorthand reporting
is doomed. Mr. Young can report me at any rate of
speed at which I see proper to talk. I am now speaking
at the rate of from two hundred to two hundred and
twenty-live words a minute, and I am sure Mr. Young
will tell you that he can take me with greater facility
than ho could if he were to attempt to do It in short¬
hand. In fact, I would defy him to take me at the
rate of speed at which I am now talking, and he is
known to he one of the most expert stenographers In
tho country. The object of reporting in this way is to
do away in tho first instance with the expense of re¬
porting, and then with the delay in dictation. For
instance, if a lecture Is to take place In the evening,
and a newspaper wants a report of that, they will
simply have the matter repeated by the operator, the
cylinders sent to the office, and the matter put into
typo at once, or into type-bars, without the Interven¬
tion of copy.
220 William Street,
New York, April 13, 1801.
Gentlemen:
We take pleasure in certifying that wo wore , present
and saw the above matter printed under the following
conditions :
Mr. J. 0. deplume made the above printed remarks,
which Mr. C. P. Young, a prominent stenographer of
this city, repeated into the phonograph, in a very low
tone of voice, instead of reporting it in shorthand. The
Linotype operator immediately set tho 'matter up from
the cylinder, while Mr. Rand timed the operator. It took
three" and one-half minutes to set up this dictation,
which consisted of 567 ems, the speed being at the rate
of 9,720 ems per hour. There were four corrections made
necessitating tho re-printing of four lines, which occu-
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EUGENE H. LEWIS
44- £e6( EDISON BUILDING )
May 7th, 189 1.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,, .
Bear Sir:
Edison v Gilliland. We have been trying to go
ahead with this case^beginning by taking the examination of Mr.
Lippincottj but Mr. Bush serves us with a-' not ice that Mr. L. is
too ill to be examined and that some weeks must elapse before he
will be well enough.
/
A great mistake was mhde in this case when we put
/ •
it off last year to oblige the business people.
Very / tiuly yours, ^
l
The: Phonogram,
fte Official Organ of the Phonograph Conipaiiies of the tfnited states.
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
Koom.87, Pulitzer Building,
Your favour of tho 21st ult., at hand and contents
duly noted.-
While X am very much disappointed *at the result of Mr.
Insull's determination in regard to the advertisement in the Phono¬
gram, yet I still hope to be able to convince him that he may have acted
a little hastily in his judgment of its value as an advertising medium.
I confess that the obstacles in the pahhway of the magazine, have
been many and severe, ;yet 1 know that in the near future I shall have be¬
hind me as backers, a majority of the phonograph companies, and with
that backing, I shall be enabled to plant their organ in every spot
whore progress, enterprise and business activity reside, and in doing
this, the journal will naturally fall into the hands of wide awake people
to whom its advertising pages will appeal.-
'I therefore feel sure that out of its thousands of readers, many
will be interested in the work and progress of the Edison Gen. Electric
CO.-, and that such men as can afford to read its pages, can also
afford to do business with1 this large Electrical Concern o f whom,,
Mr. Insull is so fitting a representative.'
The Phonogram asks no favors, but working in the interests of 32
great companies, its pages must have some influence, and I had expected l
that the Edison CO, recognizing the fact, that alone and unaided, x was
making a great fight to plant this organ in everyhousehold, I should ;
at i. least have their support in the shape of a moderate advertisement y
paftichl^rSy as the. interests of this magazine are so closely identified
with those which Mr .- Edison has at h;art and which are now on the eve of
a grand awakening .-
Thanking Mr.' Edison and yourself however, for the kind interest you
have displayed in the magazine and trusting that in the near future I
may be enablod to overcome Mr .• jCnsull 1 s prejudices, I remain,
dictated to
PHONOGRAPH..
Very truly yours, .
Manager.-
®mttul Jff&ttmtal T&wctk,
^xambille, jfcr.
CAPITALS SURPLUS $250,000°-"
J. M. Nelson, Prrsi dnt!,. y/n; 5pi_^?d p h
H.Bunce, ViceJ'rtst. Lon.V.Stephens,y&r£6’r«vi.
51. A Edison - Plsq-
June 27th- 1891.
$4 40 Q-l -lXio
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Llewellyn Park
Dear Sir ;
, -h />urucn a Personal appeal- I must make it however
and should you see fit not Jo grant it wy'.then in the words
of a celebrated classical author " that settles it "
,, „ “ { m. the first Phonograph customer in Missouri
InrntLfli from all over the state call on me and
kthZ\ %Z °n enthTuslas* ™ +’he subject ask for some-
nhnliS Edison- now I shall be grateful, will esteem it
ooWiUjent — to make a lo ng~sWory short please
r&,2£tlilLd3r confining your yoive , say any %Tng~
oh-Ey Tet m e~plea s e Mp^fffends \and 'Tiino'r me this much — 1
largest size I could procure through the
?' 9 1 odoms our walls -and now with your voice
we will be happy- Very Truly ~ ■ «
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company.
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Now Haven, Conn; .June 27; 1Q91.
Mr. A. 0. Tate,,
Electrician, Orange, N.|J.
Dear Sir.\-
May.l trouble yon for a moment with a matter pertaining to
my phonograph. I would not bother you with this if I had any faith
in the ability of the local company to put me on the right track.
For some time, my machine has troubled more or less by
running unevenly at times. I notice it more, when I first start it up.
I have been using for a battery, 4 cells of Type K E-Lalande. I didn't
know but possibly the battery was too strong and have taken off a cell
but with no better result. I have applied every remedy I can think of,
but I must say I am“stuck” this time. I have tried different batter¬
ies but the trouble remains. Have tried different governors, adjusted
all the brushes, belts and screws, but to no use-. Connections all seem
to be perfect, and I have come to the conclusion that the fault must
be in the armature of motor, or in the german silver shunt.
Will you kindly tell me the resistance of the shunt, or rather, what
it should be? X cannot understand why it should run unevenly when
first started^ up, and then after running five minutes or so, settle
down to even work; although, it will very often change suddenly in
the middle of a record. If you can give me a possible clue, will be
very much obliged. This is the first fault I have been unable to f
overcome.
sij&cey-I have had the machine
NewYork, New Haven & Hartford RailroadCompany.
New Haven, Conn., July 4, 1891.
Mr. A. 0. Tate,
Electrician, Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:~
Yonrs received, in answer to my inquiries regarding my
phonograph. Thanks for the information. I reversed the polarity of the
battery, and that has seemed to' eliminate the trouble. It is quite
a queer fact, that the three batteries I have been experimenting
with to locate this fault, should all happen to be connected up the
same way. The fact that I got the same trouble with all three batteries
gave me the impression that the battery couldn’t possibly be re¬
sponsible for the defect. I was not aware before, that the condition
of a motor changed, electrically, by constant running- a battery
at a certain polarity. As I am interested in any thing pertaining to
be
electrical matters, I should like very much toAgive>jthe reason for
such a change, and what the change is. If this is not troubling you
to much, I shall esteem it a great favor to be enlightened upon
this subject.
Thanking you again for your kindness, I remain.
The Phonogram,
tfhe Official Organ of the Phonograph Companies of the tfnited (States.
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
Devoted to the Interests of the Phonograph, ano Kindred Subjects.
Noom 87, Pulitzer Building,
- -Ja-l-y-36-th—
Mr* A.O.- Tate-
Orange, N.J.-
Your favour with the enclosed letter1' of Mr.- Wehle, is duly
received.- While I was surprised ‘to receive th l enclosure, I must thank
you for your very kind answer and also add^thkt this enables me to give
you a little insight into the struggles X hive made and am malcing in behalf
of this little magazine? • /
When I first undertook the editing rand publishing
of The Phonogram,’ it was at the request jt Mr.- T.R. Lombard, with whom
I had had some conversation pn the matter and who seemed to tttnk me capable
of so doing.- He handed over to me as a/basis of operation, a guaran¬
tee of 5000 subscribers fri
replied to a circular lette]
ing that they desired such e
i the different companies1 each of whom had
sent out by the Worth American Phono graph^t at-
• organ anL would support it.- These answers
' in my possession.
When the first
ordered the insertion of e
sue was about to go 1
•aph Stating that on
I5th, the phonograph would be sol\.» j Immediately upon publishing 1
issue, one half, if not more, of the subscriptions were cancelled t
companies and I was left in this plight.-
I had at this time, made all my arrangements freZ- printing on a basis of
5000 subscribers, most of my advertising contracts were signed and many
private subscriptions had come in and while I did not see my way clear,
I felt that I was in honour bound to continue the magazine. This matter
puzzled me so much^that X appealed to an attorney who advised me if possible
to continue publishing and by getting out an interesting magazine X would
probably weah over the recalcitrant companies.'
Finally Mr.' Lombard seeing the financial condition of The Phonogram,
wrote a circular letter to each company, a copy of whidh I herewith enclose,
This letter however, was not sennas it was understood that aOonvention was
shortly to be called and the matter taken up then* At that convention, it
was decided that a Committee composed of Mr.- R.T . Haines, Mr. E.D.- Easton
and Mr.' Anden of OhiOjShould write to the sub-companies asklngfor a guarantee
fund to support the magazine until it could become self-sustaining.’ I. have
not yet been advised of the answers to that letter.'
In the meantime I becajnet involved somewhat financially and asked
my creditors for an extension of time wherewith to make payments.- Most of tte
them acquiesced cheerfully? I mentioned to this particular person^that
Mb, Edison was interested in the paper and if he would glance over the ad¬
vertising pages he would see the advertisement of the Edison Lalande
Battery. I also mentioned, that the circular letter had been written to
the companies and as soon as a reply could reach me, I could effect
sonie amicable settlement * I see my last statement has been garbled'
and made totally erroneous ? -
The Phonogram,
fae Official Organ of the Phonograph Companies of the tfnited states.
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
Devoted to the Interests of the Phonograph, and Kindred Subjects.
Hoorn 87, Pulitzer Building,
My business career has been so well known in New York, that it
is hardly necessary for me to "blow my own trumpet."
I feel however, that I have a grievance against some of the phonograph
companies, for when I undertook this paper, no one in the whole range of
phonograph circles could be found who would put their hands in i.heir
pookets and give one cent towards promulgating the scheme andyou are
probably aware;how mismanaged at that time the business was.' I, Mr. Tate,
have spent nine months of untiring labour and all of my own capital,
in this enterprise and I find myself now, after having built up the edifice
and when the superstructure is a simple matter, involved in debt, not
properly supported by the companies ,^who instead of having cause of com¬
plaint^ testify their approbation of the organ, ^ andl very 'much .fear , under¬
mined by those who are anxious 'to get possession of the fruits of my
hard-earned labours®
Pardon me for making so lengthy an asnwer, but I do not believe that
Mr. Edison or yourself, are aware of what I have had to contend with.
Yet my resolution has never wavered, and I am still workinginde-
fatigably to continue this organ.- I am daily getting new subscriptions
from THE PEOPLE, toatlly unsolicited, and testimonials as to the
good the Phonogram is doing.'
1 expect eventually to pay off every cent
‘ C0ntrtic*ed in the name of this magazine, and
which to do it? !
of indebtedness that has been
nil I ask is a lijrtle time in M
•The jperson in question, has caused me great ahnoyance by
personal insults and has resorted to this last, in order. to still fur¬
ther injure me.’
»t la »M1> neoessnry for me to Bay, that Mr. Edison's
■ns»e has never he.n uaad In oonaootlon ,1th Eh. Phonogram except to say
that h. had agreed to tah, some stoch at the time I intended to get np
« stooh company, and this „s done .imply to enlist the enthusiasm
or others. There could have heen no Impropriety In this, a, his name „ould
have appeared on the stock-book of subscribers.-
I have never thought of selling the magazine, 'nor has any one ever
proposed to buy it from me?
Very truly yours,
[ENCLOSURE]
. •. Messrs. Michigan Phonograph Co.,
Detroit, Mich.
- ■ Gentlemen:-
A few months ago the "Phonogram" was started for the
purpose of creating an interest in the Phonograph, and at the same
time educating the publics in its uses, giving infomation generally
of a kind likely to be desired by the public, and of benefit to
the Companies. ,. 7^—
♦ „ Tbis msazine has now reached its f&irth issue, and up
in °r no enooura&ement from the local companies
m the way of support, and in fact has had from some Companies a
certain degree of opposition, becuase it had the misfortune to
publish some views that did not coincide with the ideas of those
in control*
e+ At the oonyention of the Companies last May the matter.
wftwh*1 Sr:a pUbll°atl0n of this kind was referred to the write/"1//^ •
the assurance that if met with the approval of the Companies '
SnossibJe'Jor'hi tl,eir support «-r'The pressure of business made it
Sthei +Ln i t0 ,Elve any Personal attention to this matter
I' 5 ascertain if parties could be found who would be
i f, t0 ™dertake the business; the result of such investigations
being the establishing of the maganize above mentioned.
It now becomes important that substantial aid shall ho
“ is to “ >■» SinSn
oi the writer that the Companies who are reaaly at work in the
sich t£eUaf ?™tribute a sma11 sum monthly, say $15. each until
such time as the magazine is made self sustaining;’
he nnr I*1® v/rit^r takes this opportunity of saying that neither
he nor the Company he represents either directs or controls this
local °rtl0n’ • °r bas,anythine t0 ^ with it more than any of the
fn he ^maan+®S’ but believinS that its existence cannot fail
*P*>*iotive of good to the general enterprise, is pleased
to request of you your earnest attention to this suggestion and
zsr&s&s; sr: n.repiy to ibe ^
...Yours very truly,
JAS. H. MADDUX, Proprietor.
'/ffY
Eden Musee American Co.
(Limited)
55 West 23D Street.
New York, July 28th, 1891.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, N. J,
Dear Sir:—
We are in receipt of your letter addressed to our
president Mr, Heilman, introducing Mr. Walter H. Miller, and
requesting us to obtain permission for a few phonographic records,
of our Hungarian band. We shall be pleased to let our orchestra
play in the Phonograph any morning if you will be kind enough to
advise us two days before hand in order not to interfere with our
(Dictated)
Thomas A. Mison, *sq. ,
Orange, N. J,
Dear Sir:—
In ansiror to yours of the 31st, ultirai, we bog to say
that we shall bo pleased to have our /Hungarian 'ban* play for, the .
Phonographic ree.rds on Tu.sday August 4th, /at and request
™ ** 8#n4 Miller with the^.e.seary apparatus.
(Dictated)
EATON & LEWIS
Thomas A. Edis<
Ediscn,' E
Dear Sin;
^ ’(^(EDISON BUILDING)
! . „X0 , 1891.—
Refari’ing-to Mr_ gate's letter of the 4th inat. lo
me about the claim made against you by Ladd & Sheldon because of
S a^«e®d membership of the copartnership publishing the BHOHOi
GRAM, the said fim being creditors of that Journal for the^ small
T™1* °f t8T'* bes t0 8ay that 1 have had a Pers°nal inter-
vievr with Mr. Ladd, and have obtained a statement from Mrs.
and that my conclusion is that although Mr. Edisai paid $250 ”
five shares of stock of the corporation which it was intended
should publish the said newspaper, and although the said corpora¬
tion was never in point of fact fomed, and although in some cases
copartnership arises out of circumstances of this kind, neverthe¬
less I am satisfied that in this particular matter there is no co¬
partnership, and Mr. Edison is not liable.
,,, . * have notlfied Mr. Ladd of the said firm of Ladd
and Sheldon to the above effect •
Thomas A. Edison, Beg.,
Orange , N. J.
v£
- August I9th, _
Dear Sir:
Y«ur favor of the I8th, duly receired and I beg to eay
that it has given me great pleasure te have eur Orchestra play in
the Phonograph, under Mr. Miller's instructions.
As some of the records did not tun. out to be satisfactory, 1
-hall also be pleased to repeat the e^erimen*^ if y.u wlll 1#t m.
know a day or two in advance.
Tours very truly.
.(Dictated)
New York, N ew I Iaven & Hartford Railroad Company.
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, AIR LINE DIVISION.
New Haven, Conn., September g, 1891-
Mr- A. 0. Tate,
Electrician,
Orange, ft, j.
Dear Sir-:
As the phonographs have now been plsced upon the market,
I am thinking seriously of purchasing one. I have heard rumors
of an improved machine being under .way, and of course I don’t care
to invest just yet, if there is a prospect of obtaining an improved
machine by waiting a few months. If perfectly proper, will you
kindly advise, and I will esteem it a great favor.
¥o"” very
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[FROM THOMAS MAGUIRE]
Re the attached letter from John 0. Hoald, and Mr.
Edison's note thereon, is . there any objection to
my. informing Mr. Heald by letter of what Mr.
Edison las decided to do in the matter? It
occurred to mo that in view of our relations
■with the N. J. Phono. Co. you might .not want
to have any written record made of this trans¬
action.
M.
Oct. 24, 1891.
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ANOTHER MUSICAL WONDER.
Master Willie G. Kino, a little six-yenr
old violinist, has been making things lively
J of late in and around the city of New York, :
. by his extraordinary performances upon the
old king of instruments. Willie was born at
1 Lake Weir, Florida. The New York Herald
thuB speaks of the gifted little fellow:
“ Willie G. King, the six-year old son of Dr.
T. M. King, is the youngest of five children,
ill or ivhnm - - - iCR8 expert with
I ordinary j
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land. Willie is a robust little fellow,
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father, n well-known citir.cn of Brooklyn, is
a gentleman of education and experience,
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children. I heard this little musical phe¬
nomenon, Willie, play a new violin coinposi- 1
tion, written in four lints, at first sight, using
the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth posi- 1
tions upon the violin. Prof. J. Jny Watson
has sole chnrgc of the musical training of
this remnrkable family, and is indefatignble
in his attentions to his gifted charge.” At. a
concert given on the I46t inst. under the
auspices of the Young People’s Society of
managed to manipulate w
presented to Prof. J.. Jny Wat6on, in Norway
m 1868. Willie was called again and again
before the delighted audience, and even after j
the concert was nearly concluded a delega¬
tion of gentlemen entered the church and 1
requested a repetition of the boy’s exhibition
of genius, which was readily granted.
child’s efforts, and he was compelled to piny
i yet once more. Professor Watson writes us
that “ Wonderful Willie ” may be heard in
New England !n the near future. America ■
J" -apidly coming to the front in the way of
. iicnl .genius, nnd perhaps a Mozart or a '
Verdi is among the musical features In the
dim futurc.of our great and glorious republic.
IKew york,.^.
. | ^ DEC 8 - 1891
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[ENCLOSURE]
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Mr. Thos, ^r. Bdi'son,
Orange, N.J.
Ifcar Mr. Edison; «- • ‘■/T'r; - 18^,^
Hearing a goo<Fdeal of talk about a new phonograph,
t *»p« you will allow me to offer a suggestion, which will cover
«*• point of the only serioue trouble which I have had with the
IteM graph in a years usa 0f it. This is the matter of expansion
th° W<lX oylind®rs with «hanges of temperature,
•*/|**“ prob*bly' be loss troublesome in a climate different
WllltfMt VO have here. It often happens that the temperature of
tool s down within fifteen minutes sufficiently to make
#«Mmiy difficult to remove a cylinder. Oylindarm- Idft on
Hlaht are almost invariably found cracked in the morning.
flMtfflNUd it do to use a hard rubber barrel instead of brass?
With the compliments of the season, I am as ever.
Yours very truly,
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1891. Phonograph - Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Company
(D-91-44)
. This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Co. Included are
documents concerning the company’s lawsuit against the North American
Phonograph Co., the appointment of trustees, and a disagreement with the
Edison interests over the sale of machines and the use of appropriate
nameplates on them. Some of the documents are on thin tissue paper and are
illegible due to faded or blurred ink.
All the documents have been filmed except for illegible items and
duplicate copies of selected items.
V
EATON & LEWIS
Dear Mr, Edison:
&(/{■&{£///{ EQUITABLE BUILDING)
u4, H' j ; ■
y}:.cw 7/erA an a. 1891-.
crtAA'V-^Cl^s
I attended tjhe argmfeht JgfeiCjlli^^ud^^WswnBo
on the question of making the inj u6tff|2fri*i?erman en^hiAbuflwit hore-
„°f°r.erari,tGCl at the rsquest of the Exhibition Cp9an? asainsti^Ti
N.A.P.Oo. Kitohin and Tomlinson appeawed^tw>Mke Exhibitvoa^d.
Bush and Seward for the N.A.P.Oo. TM latter showed- Wap Ives,
oy far the. best lawyers and the best speake/"s,e^frt<T' if tlYa
decides the case on technicai;grounddli\j^®N;A.F.i<V> ' y^~
Bush and Seward knocked tyie t^gc^^at i onuor the^xhilii t ^ 01
its early contracts with lo^6l phonogAapWEttpanies Wi
hat. If Tomlinson was the lefW&i^f the ErfhUxWfton Oo.
time ( and I believe he was) h#' must havei-felV^hamed.pJ'- 1
when he heard his poor work - “ ~ A'
The Exhibits
est case, laying technicaliti
broad view of a case, and for thi
the inj unction as regards New Yo
>•<4 and
**w tia/iameaiOi- hfrmS'eSf
rlpp^j^^tlees \Wor«$$&8 Judge.
country <
days .
i at present. Both
to file briefs withi^i ten
. ^t seems to me that the strong point for the Ex— •
hibition Co. is that the N.A.P.Oo. bound itself in the six*ii part
•*■**•• agreement of last April, which I drew, to use its best en¬
deavors to induce the local companies to make exclusive contracts
for the nickel slot business, with the Exhibition Co. The N.A.P.Co
was paid a large slice of stock for this premise. In the face
of that fact, they now wish to sell phonographs and
thus practically annihilate the business of the Exhibition Co. It
seems to me that the Court ought to decide, if the decision is to
be given regardless of technicalities, that the N.A.P.Co. may sell
phonographs, but must not do it in such a way as to injure ibhe
Exhibition Co,
Bush stated trmhis argument that the agreement
u e tween Lippincott and the Graphophone Bo. made when.Lippincott
bought the Grapho' phone business, provides that the.f'raph ophone
Co • may at any time within five years from the date of said purchasa¬
ble back from Lippinoott not only the graphophone patents but also
the phonograph patents. TJHs was news to me. Bush did not state
clearly what the terms of this possible purchase were to be.
It seemed to- me an outrage that Tomlinson should
appear in Court to represent a Company in which you are a Direc¬
tor and a large stockholder. Cheever and (iott.sohalk ought to
have regarded your wishes better than that. It seemed to me a
gross outrage. on you.
Very truly yours,
Hutomhtic Phonogrhph Exhibition Co.
ORQANIZBD UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Hutomhtic Phonograph Exhibition Co.
13 PARK ROW,
/
Mr. A. 0. Tate,
Edison laboratory. Orange, N. J.
My dear Mr. TateS-
. January 22nd, _ 1.
. !
I beg to Inform you that Judge Laoombe of
the United States Oirouit Court has rendered his decision in our
ease against the North American Phonograph Company, making the
temporary injunction which we had secured on December 13th, per¬
manent-*
We hope the North American Phonograph Company will now find
it, in the interests of all concerned, to arrange with our Com¬
pany, and come to some understanding, so the Phonograph interests
will not suffer, as we do not wish to take any advantage of the
situation; but only desire to have our rights protected. We de¬
sire the oo -operation of Mr. Edison, North American Phonograph Com¬
pany and every local Company, and will do everything we reasonably
oah to bring about that result,
f wish you would explain to Mr, Edison, my position in this
mattery Hope you are on a tfapid way to full recovery,
fours truly,
{'ft'*/ (EQUITABLE BUIL[
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
■yj.iw J^an . 23. 189 1.
—
How won! /i 4* , , Re Auto,natio Phonograph Exhibition Company.
How would it do for you to write this company, 13 Park Row over
your own signature as a Trustee ( which I believe you r n sk
them to give you answers to the following questions?
are a* * ,How many maohines are there now out, and how
are they distributed as regards different States?
j. , What were the gross receipts for all the machi
for November, and for December, so far as you know?
aeiwri hv „ How much does the shafe of* the receipts re-
ill? y mPanf am0Unt t0 for November and December? sever
months? y°U r60ei V9d a11 you a™ en«tled to for those
for v our , ,What was the eross amount that you received
latest L+T Share„ fr°m the beginning of the business down to the
latest, date, and what disposition has been made of the money?
salaries rer+= . ^ your ourrent monthly expenses for
salaries, rents, &c. ana how much for each in detail?
. „ Do “rou k0ep'a regular set of books and if so
do you have a regular monthly trial balance? Please lend me
your. last trial balance for examination, to be reyurned to you -o
oat-send giaua copy of them. How much Treasurery Stock has been '
sold, to whom and at what price?
Perhaps it would be well for vou to <?+«+* «<,
an excuse that Mr. Insull failed to obtain th's information before
Hoping you will agree with me, I remain
Very t ruly yours,
Orange, N. J., Jaruary 26th, 1894 <
Major r>. B. Baton,
#120 Broadway, New York City.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose herewith for your information press copies
of correspondence received this morning by Mr. Edison from the
President of the Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Company. Mr.
Edison has made an appointment to meet Mr. Cottsohalk at the Labora¬
tory on Wednesday afternoon next.
Yairs very truly,
Private Secretary.
[ENCLOSURE]
TJutomhtic Phonocrhph Exhibition Co.
13 PARK ROW,
( ©Tew
Mr. Thoa. A* Edison,
laboratory, Orange, N. J.
Dear SirJ-
,January_,.24.th,_ . . yrfp 1
We presume that you have been informed that Judge
laoombe has made our temporary injunction against the North
American Phonograph Company permanent.
We had hoped that Mr. Insull would find time to arrange
matters amicably, but, as you can see by enclosed copy, he has
been too busy to give our business any attention.
Before going any further in negotiations, we wish to have
your personal views and advise, as you are the largest stock¬
holder and in the near future the stock must become of great
value} furthermore, we desire to take only such aotion as we be¬
lieve will be advantageous to all concerned.
If you can name an early day, say Wednesday, and oan spare
an hour for an interview with me^ I am sure we could agree on
some plan and then open negotiations through our Counsel Major
Eaton or, some other disinterested party, looking towards early
settlement^
k. ‘ <T>> - 'rU'
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Yours truly.
[ENCLOSURE]
Samuel Insull.
Edison Building, Broad St«
(Copy)
Kev/ York#
January 23rd, 1891.
% dear Cheever:-
I have been so overrun with work this week, that
I have found it absolutely impossible to take up the question of
the relations between the Automatic Company, the local Companies,
and the North American Phonograph Company.
X extremely regret this, more especially, as I know that
I have concluded a negotiation satisfactory to all parties, if
I had had the time.
I am confident, however, that Major Eaton has put through
such a negotiation. He is in hearty sympathy with the views of
the Automatic Company, and I would strongly urge that you author¬
ize him to go ahead.
Yours very truly,
0* A* Cheever, Esq.,
13 Park Row, N. Y. City.
No* Eno-«
[ENCLOSURE]
(Copy)
Jan, 23rd, 1891.
Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Co.
Felix Gottsohalk, Esq., President.
Dear Sir:-
I beg to say that I yesterday received a letter from
Mr. Che ever expressing a hope that Mr. Insull and I may at once
bring about a satisfactory adjustment of your matters with the
North American Phonograph Company. Within the last day or two I
have had a long talk with Mr. Trask as well as with Mr. Edison and
Mr. Insull. The situation is complicated, and I would like to
discuss the whole matter with you in person. If you can call at
my office on Tuesday about noon, I shall be glad to discuss it, or
I can call at your office if more agreeable to you.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) S. B. Eaton.
Kutqmktic Phonocrhph Exhibition Co.
13 PARK ROW,
January . 31st,
. /cPfl
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir!-
Your favor of the 24th referred to us from Messrs.
Eaton & lev/ is 1 office yesterday, and we hasten to give the re¬
quired information.
In answer to your inquiries:
(1) How many machines have y/u now out, and how are they
distributed as regards different States!
We have 744 machines dis tribute^/ amongst the local Companies as
follows?-
New York 140 New Jei y
New England 60 Ohio
Columbia 136 Xentuc
Montana 25/Elorid
all the batteries
Minnesota Company
Companies for j
As near as we c
worth of batter^
Old Dominion 139
Georgia 21
Minnesota, 26
Alabama 36
maohines (excepting Columbia and
be been purchased by the respective local
feount, and become an asset of our Company,
feulate we own about one half ( l/2) of $3000.
1 different kinds*
(2) What ware the gross receipts for all .the maohines for
November and for December, so far as you know!
Gross amount collected by Sub-Companies for November and Decem¬
ber $22119.£L4
T, A. E. (2)
(3) How much does the share of the receipts received by
your Company amount to for November and December, sever¬
ally, and did you receive all. that you are entitled to
for those months?
We received from Sub-Companies as our half of the net profits for
the months of November and December as follows:
Kentucky Phonograph Co.
Old Dominion » »
Georgia " «
Florida « «
Minnesota » »
New Jersey * «
New York " »
New England « «
Alabama " »
Ohio « »
Montana " «
Columbia ” ■
$268.02
1 month. 188.50
168.15
22.63'
46.39
125.16
2348.99
600.50
65.32
no return.
75*91
no iSaSSts.
$3909,57
(4), What was the gross amount that. your received for your
own share from the beginning of the business down to
the latest date, and what disposition has been made-of
the money?
Gross amount received from
Sub-Companies to Jan.
1st, 91, $9106. 57
Treasury Stook E. T. Gilliland,
2500.
a " Mrs. Louis Glass.
2500.
To pay E. T, Gilliland,
" Robinson & Blodgett,
Trs .
11250.
* Ohas* A. Che ever,
4484.82
$31966.39
This money was disbursed as
follows:-
Taxes,..
31251
General Expense,
1279,56
Law Expense,
867.26
Pay Roll ,
1100*
Printing & Stationery,
,523.29
Rent,
225*.
Office Furniture,,
243.65
Merchandise,'
8.55
Machines, (573)
: 24131,40 .
$31503,71
Cash in Bank*
arid on hand,
462*68
$31966.39
(5) What is your ourrent monthly expense fpr salaries, rents
etc., and how muoh for each in detail?
Salary per month.
R. Keating, bookkeeper,
Anna Gr oth , t,Typ ewr it er ,
Anna Groth, . Typewriter, 12*. »
A. W. Rose ^ Electrician & J _ 20* ■
„ . t Supt . machines! $208,
Rent per month. - E - v 5Q
None of the Officers have received salaries (
any kind up to date.
ipensation of
(6) Do you keep a regular set of books, and if so, do you
have a regular monthly trial balance? Please- send me
your last trial balance for examination, to be returned
to you, or send me a copy of it.
Yes, No monthly trial balance yet, will have one ending January.
(7) How much Treasury stock has been sold, to whom, ani
at what prioe ?
^200 shares of Treasury stock has been sold at $25. i.e.
Mrs. Louis Glass, 100 shares.
E. T* Gilliland, 100 "
Any other information you may wish on this subject is at
your disposal. *
Yours truly.
Hutqmhtic Phonograph Exhibition Co.
13 PARK ROW,
• A* 0* Tate,
Orange, N» J,
Dear Sir»-
January 3l8t.
Dictated to and transcribe
F* H O N O C R A
Referring to your fhvor of the S9th inst, you are
mistaken as to the mode of procedure in this matter, and think the
corrections ought to be made without delay.
Mr* Lippinoott did not turn over your oheok for $3500. to
our Company , nor was this loan credited to your account on our
books;|
Mr* Lippinoott sent us a oheok of the North American Phono¬
graph Company for $7500., and requested us to oredit this amount
oh Our boo,ks to Messrs. Robinson & Blodgett Trustees.
These instructions have been followed, and we suggest that
you secure without delay an order from Messrs, Robinson & Blodgett,
instructing- us to. transfer your share of the entire amount, now
to their credit, to your account. There is all told $11250* to
their credit up to date.
Regarding form of security, we think your attorney could
suggest some plan, by which an acknowledgement of these loans
could be given in some manner, free from the risk of one of the
parties being able to act independent of the rest*.
A PE C
1 iffifiiff/fitA
THE NORTH AHE RICAN PH
Jan. 81 at. _ /M.\
Mr. Felix Gottsohalk,
C/o Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Co.,
13 Park Rot, New York,
Dear Sir:
I have just learned that my brother John P. Haines,
will not be up from Lakewood to-day, but will remain there over
Sunday.
Yours very truly,
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
• /I'm/’ .3rd. .1891.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.,
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of Eeb. 2nd., with reference to your loan
of $3,500. to the Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Company, per
Mr. Lippincott, is at hand, and in reply, z will say that I
will give the matter my immediate attention.
EATON & LEWIS
EUGENE H. LEWIS
New York City, Feb. 9, 1891.
Dear Mr. Edison: ^
After reading the enclosed will you kindly send it
to Mr, ^ate with such instructions as you may see fit to give.
Please let Mr. ^ate mail the letter asking the questions straight
to the A .PTCo., as there is no need of seidding it through my of¬
fice. A
Very truly yours,
EATON & LEWIS
Thomas A. Edison, Esq
Dear Sir:
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
If"'' 3^v/>-Zel)?_9.^_ia9X,_ /J
- - u the letter of this Com¬
pany dated the 31st ult . , containing answers to various questions
asked by you relating to the status and details of their business,
I beg to suggest that you now write them another letter to elioit
further information and that you ask them the following additional
questions:
(X) How many Sub-Companies have you contracts with,
and what are the names of these Companies?
(2) In your letter of the 31st ult. you state that
the gross receipts collected by (all?) Sub-Companies for Bovember
and December amounted to $22,1X1.14. Will you kindly tell me how
much this averaged per machine, computing on the basis that all
machines Werasinfuse for the entire period of the two months.
$3) In your leter of the 31st ult. you stated that
the gross receipts were $22,1X9.14, will you kindly tell me how the
receipts were apportionaed among the various Sub-Companies, mention¬
ing each Company and the amount of its receipts; also as regards
each Sub-Company, how much the expenses were which were to be ded¬
ucted from the gross receipts and how much was the net amount for
said two months received by each Sub-Company?
_ . Referring again to the aforesaid gross receipts
of §22,119.14 you stated that out of that amount you received only
§3,909.57. It thus appears that you received only about 18 % of
the gross receipts. Please tell me whether that is all you are
entitled to receive?
(5) How many shares of the Trustee Stock held by Mr.
Gottschalk has been sold, to whom, at what price, and how many
shares does he still hold?
(6) Please state in full detail what the indebted¬
ness of the Company was in January 1891. Please' also state whether
you have given any Promissory Motes, and if so to whom
?hesrto+What amounts> and when payable, and state v,he?her any f
these notes are endorsed or secured in any way. TOetner ***
ter of the Sls+^t to,your answer <4) *n your said let
Trustees, and Mr. Chester. ’ SrS Robinson a»d Blodget,
OoTany, „!«, bf.aoh
*”n“l mat1^
& “ r~°,r' ln
machines'1 5rom t, ^ I!®1' y°U StatS that you have distributed 744
Sate not'been naS fot T**™ tav8 put out 171 machines which
count Of +1 F d Has any payment at all been made on ac-
entitelv? machines, and have the other been paid for
you and have .1, < 8 ^ny patent suits been commenced against
you, and have you received any notices from owners of oat»t«
asXTvsrr. 2^ss'«u«
SLST-JJ ~
and exactly what amount as regards each certificate.
does Mr rof+aJ1^ A? r®sards the above mentioned Trustee Stock,
does Mr. Gottschalk claim the right to vote on it, and has he vev.
voted on it?
Upon receiving answers to the above questions,
please send me a copy v/ithout delay, and oblige,
[ATTACHMENT]
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®»i0* Kentucky, Horida, Minnesota, Montana,
JPnwio(7m?h Coaapatsios. Ii« York and Metro-
•■jaMtart v?»W4»e ean*oU6at«d loaves really IS oontraets.
m ** /aw lotted raT 31st Ult. you atate r-f t tho sra»a ro-
sal? rotod by (alls) Sab-Oongianlaa for Coveccber and
MKMMM to f2au®.l*l, Will sou Kindly tell m hor
this «*er*@ed sen m china, doajauUng on tha basin that
lVt" a*?« in use for tha entire period of the a months
■W.V*. i *m» *>S'-ta* Sa^emyaaie* rat stating Jwir mny wach-
***•• •*** 4* *W «AI»* were in non vs use the Average
'****& *»«e. fa&eS# p«r aesth «&eh machine.
'**£*? FF1* 30a« nit, you state that the gross ra-
**** ki«4^ *•« »* ho* the re-
,***”« 651,8 ****«» Sub-Companies, ran-
g*?***^ &nd «* »ww*t «*f ita rtMlpti; also as-
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[ATTACHMENT]
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■:'.y ? t »t ? that oas of that amount you re-
It thus appears that you »•
*vj* Hyt of the gross receipt a. Please
her that ia all you are entitled to re-
. ' : ••..;*■> ant it left to receive wore aa the local Companies
'fl --; v- hasr- .double the net coot price of records,
■?-•■ a-vors^s are really not chargeable to ua,
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Siv? iwirc' *sar*« of tlw Trustee - Steak held by Mr. Qotta-
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Re^peotfully yours,
i ft SRM. 1831.
fSionegraph Bxnibitioti Ccf^cnj- .
PWi* «**., Pmtidont../ - •••:>■ v.;
Sd *"»xrh«r- patent . yew cat cosed t**or aT xestai—
eilKMMI Insure*. * - -Ttattw'JoarC SST-fti— Sfl
^a^^^***<w**1' -*±*® *»***»**•. * - 4tS«fe^MW% * t^T yn,.n.
^ - H**?***- .«»*** «ao»!»ti« n»chiua patents, X oo«ft«r« -da-oake
.%>**rW**H«s* 4**i*a<:**K Kaa. of fto^anyjhW- — m
'■*?*»* 5« is r-.fl*/d* wsiapeartaa* details. Bo a»*» therefore
let m* -to* ririrt'lwMii :~ i
--i ^sfsrlf .»*? t-Ha* foa Ball cn* *nwS(» of the local Oowpenle*
&■&&&!&$ &$*&■ £*$.**** opw^'vtw ^oirnittfesaoue** ml tikt if
"’*-**F»* ■*»? flotlo* rale tin- Ye lha patent* referred to or to
S^-'^SEfiSK.* - *•***«-» they steal* at owe send the* to you
YOtc-ferWlrte, srm *swd«st *11 alto at jrew expense, end pay all
- ..'-T^-rpj" *■& 9* • **» *?**** tai«‘j>*4«jt looked into
*5tfe5*« l&»irar*, x xuascst that yea g» to no expense of
*gg. fox?.-.*?*** *»*r y*»-j os»» •«* .«n/ t*wr ter* *e* mo#
5Swtfe «5t8»fe3K« r»Sfiins »r* Bof'wirtii ependlne nosh none?
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EATON & LEWIS
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
■ytci/J '&C'r/y Feb. TPijTaciT ./^f
A . 0 . Tata , Esq,, Private Secretary,
Edison's Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
Refer)! ng to your request for Copy of Contract with the
trlmth^ 5 qnn'Th 1!xhi.bition C°> ™d.r which Mr. Edison received
copTefof1 tv*o0contracts°fnamely:S+O0l? * 1 ^
April ifl TRQn fh ♦ B Inven+'ions and Patents, dated
April 19, 1890, between Thomas A. Edison and others and
Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Co.
r codling stock,
s and Felix t}ottschalk| Trustee
UO UHtJBIl
These two contracts when read together, cover the agree-
S aT",.!'50” "r- f!1'0" *• S.SOO of ItoS of
vlr+V'!: ; 151 cons,icie nation of his giving the Company his in¬
ventions covering nickel-in- the-slot attachments.
Trusting the above will be satisfactory, I remain,
Mr. Edison,-
Ploase read the attached correspondence from
Gottschalk. It. is very important that you should name a man for
the seventh Trustee- immediately ; otherwise Gottschalk is coing to
claim that lie did all he coxild to carry out your wishes, bub found
it impossible to do so, and Madden will remain on the Board. How
would so mo one from Spencer Trask's office suit you - say Blodcett
or Skehan?
[ENCLOSURE]
AdTeMAfIG Phqnograph ExhibiTign Gg.
13 PARK ROW,
Mr* Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J*
Dear Sir:-
Referring to your favor of February 11th, we now beg to
enolose you our answers to the same, with Exhibits, A* B. C. D*
and E., whioh we hope will give you all the neoessary information.
Regarding the seventh Trustee of our Board, and referring to
the conversation that I had with you at the laboratory, I wrote a
letter on February 12th (upon ray return to the office after a
two weeks' absence on aocount of illness) to Mr* John P» Haines
asking him to serve as Trustee, and enolose you copy of the same
also his answer. 1 then interviewed his brother, Mr* R. T»
Haines, as I imagined you would have no objection to his serving
on the Board, and regret to say that he also is, so occupied, that
he oannot accept the position. 1 now await to hear from you on
this subject* X have done what X promised to do in the matter*
Respeotfully yours.
* t;!/" President*
Enclosures*
[ENCLOSURE. EXHIBIT A. TRANSCRIPTION FOLLOWS]
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WlMt SUctrio Oot^any
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[TRANSCRIPTION]
INDEBTEDNESS January 1st, 1891.
Gilliland Electric Company
E. T. Gilliland,
Robinson & Blodgett, Trustees.
Chas. A. Cheever,
$6829.32
2125.00
11250.00
_ 4484.82
$24689.14
[ENCLOSURE. EXHIBIT B. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. 8 PAGES.
ILLEGIBLE. PAGES 2-8 NOT FILMED]
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■ MsstasS SMto *«»*♦
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Tb* jsaaMi^sl offleci of the Coop any shall be in the ..City.
*£ there nay *• *l*o suoh other Sreaoh Ottloee as the
’iMS***1** *w»e*«»a ms eypoiai. - -
• •■ tmtaut. Um . .
' bw«i gating of the stockholders
•«&» iHt Ummkt of fmnmrr at aaa *• tf* i» eftflh
jW -*&’«&*** «*T "the Cossyamr i* «*r ’Em* City* fa* the ******
m far the tranwiOtUm *f aft? 5wbA»*» Jfciote
«*r **mm *•* «*••**«* •»** * i*u«m •
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[ENCLOSURE. EXHIBIT C. MEETING MINUTES. JANUARY 26, 1891.
4 PAGES. ILLEGIBLE. PAGES 2-4 NOT FILMED]
Is to SSMBUs* Of ths stook-
:i8a®**** a# into itmmmsk ««iwtoiy, KyH at
ttl8*r ^ *»* *** *«» *■* «» towtay. Janmry astti
** 1 ****** ****** « +m*m tow haU for Tn»t«M of *h»
*"***** *to totantM tow AO* aWtod and wan, In toaordme,
***% ttt* tor to «t m impootor ©f XUetion. Upon oounting
^ toStoft* th* feli awing imtof wore found to h*re been east,
swtolfi
4»»t-4to *»«&* nambar tout eaat in favor of the following gtntlo-
A* Che war,
^Sfcfcs ttoifctoHMkjMk,
■teefi :.U
9S(cml -1 tonll-.,
if, SfttaMTt, Jr,
!»**•» »*• SmwA,
■ Jitotf* *, jto&toa,
4?8fc'kN«? uto* *torw»a»
.«r^osi^-.sg*^ft 3nwp*«nr «tor
ktOf otoetoti to «ot i
mmmi h* wk mum*
[ENCLOSURE. EXHIBIT E]
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AUTOMATIC! PHOHOORAPH”KXHIB1TION 00.
Qentlomon: -
New York, February 14th, 1891.
0IR0U1AR LRTTKR NO. IS.
Referring to piroular letter No. 53 of the North
American Phonograph Company, and- the letter from Arthur S. Fraser
ft Co, enclosed therein, referring to certain claims made by the
Universal Selling Machine Company, we heg to say, that in case
you receive any notice relating to these patents, or to any other
infringed patent, you will kindly send such common ioation to us
eittwwrt delay.
lit the meantime, you neod not give yourselves any uneasinews
In this matter, and we heg to state, that we shall fully carry .
out that paragraph of opr agreement with your Company as follows
•The party of the first part ggroes at its own expense to defend
•the party of the aeoond part against all suits of infringements
enr for infringement of the poBeseion, leasing, use or sale of
fei* HU* Machines and to pay all final judgments rendered
Yours very truly,
$ Signed) Mix Qottsehalk.
president.
[ENCLOSURE]
, (Copy)
New York February lsth, 1891*
Mr, John P. Hainea,
257 Fifth Avenue, N, Y,
Dear Sir:-
Ab the seventh member of the Board of Trustees of
our Company, your name has been unanimously seleoted by the major¬
ity of the stockholders, and I ask if you would be willing to
serve if elected. Mr. Edison as well as myself would consider
It a personal favor if you will agree to serve. We promise to
put you to as little inoonvenience as possible. We have our
monthly meetings generally of about one hour session. No other
duties#
Yours truly,
(Signed) Felix Gottsohalk.
[ENCLOSURE]
(Copy)
Not York February 14th, 1891.
Mr. Felix Oottsohalk,
Automatio Phonograph Exhibition Co,
13 Park Row, New York.
Dear Sir;-
In reply to your favor of yesterday 1 would state
that it will be impossible for me to aooede to your wishes in re¬
gard to allowing you to propose my name for eleotion as a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Automatio Phonograph Exhibition
Company, My time is so completely occupied with my present en¬
gagements, that it will be impossible for me to add tojny duties.
9
Yours very truly,
(Signed) John p. Haines.
V c j The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
Executive Office, 16-18 Broad St.
February 25th, 1891.
•ky dear Mr. Thtd: ; '
Your favor of even date at hand, with regard to ny serving
Sector of the Automatic Phonograph 'Exhibition Co. Kindly say to
'if he -desires me to personally represent him on this
jg>gl eased to serve him thereiid^^^time is so fully
i'/L*. o.y- tv ■
EATON 8. LEWIS
<(2-x
■tf' f/y.V EDISON BUILDING)
\yfccu&c>r/<y_}bi\.y 2nd. X891
Dear Mr# Edison:
Possibly the enclosed may Interest you. I do
not propose that the Automatic Phono. Ex. Company shall hereafter
blame us for selling machines, without our at least first going
through the form of trying to get their consent.
Kindly return after reading.
Very truly yours,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
\>L«« ' '? ^ I- 3 •
Mew York City, July 8th,' I89x .
f <i.'l >-.o - c! P &*•
Exhibition Company at last notifies' me today, that his Company has
no. objection to the 1,000 machines being sold and to the agree¬
ment heretofore executed and now held by me in escrow, going into
force. Thus this matter is at last ended in favor of selling the
machines with the consent of all concerned.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
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1891. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Company (D-91-45)
This folder contains correspondence pertaining to the business of the
Edison Phonograph Co. Most of the letters relate to taxes owed by the
company to the State of New Jersey. There are also letters about patent
applications and the election of company officers. Among the correspondents
are Eaton & Lewis and Dyer & Seely, two law firms that handled company
affairs. r 3
All of the documents have been filmed.
% i l\r~« ® |J "
EATON & LEWIS
f
/£ EQUITABLE BUILDING)
— Ian*— 12,— 18S1 .
Edison Phonograph Company,
T. A. Edison, Esq., President,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Re Now Jersey State Tax. We are in receipt of Mr.
Tate's letter of January loth, enclosing a notice from the Attor¬
ney General of the State of New Jersey, relative to the taxing
upon the Phonograph Co. for 1880, and giving notice of a motion
for an injunction against the Company, for non-payment of the taxes
of 1889. it will,- perhaps, be useful to briefly state to you
the condition of this matter, as farming a basis of judgment for
future action. As you will, perhaps, Member, the notice of tto
imposition of the 1889 tax was sent to us for advice, and we ad¬
vised that theere were only two coirsesto Pursue, either to pay
the tax, which would be subject to^^fran the first day of
July, at the rate of one per cent, per month, or to apply to review
the action to the State Board of Assessment. By our letter of
May 3, 1889, we advised you that the Company was probably liable
t° the t«c under all the c ire™ lances ,'but that it might be worth
T.A.E.2
while to test the question, considering the fact that there was no
decision absolutely imposing such liability. The main ground of
our contention was that the Phonograph Co. was still a "Manufactur¬
ing Company" in process of liquidation. It was determined to ap¬
ply to the State Board of Assessors to review their action. We.
did so, and on August 7th, 1889, argued the question at Trenton be-
docision *
fore the State Board of Assessors, : was reserved, it being
agreed that the Secretary of the Board should notify us of any de¬
cision. We have never heard from him on the subject, and did not
deem it best to Btir the matter up, thinking that the State Board
might simply permit it to go by default, if not c anpelled to abso¬
lute action. On March 24, 1890, the matter of the new taxes
for that year was placed in our hands for our action. We again
arranged with the State Board for a hearing, and the argument took
place on Sept. 9, 1890, before it at Trenton. We have never
received -any notice that this matter has been decided, although
it was again arranged in open Board that the Secretary should noti¬
fy us of any decision.
The main argument at the hearing on the Tax of 1889 wao
that although this Company had ceased to do business, yet it was .
still a manufacturing Company, and wao entitled to a reasonable
time for wind ing up. At the -second hearing, that is upon the
tax of 1890, this point wao assumed by the Board in their ques-
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tiono and otherwise, to be sound. Their main point at the latter
hearing was that while a yoar might be reasonable time for winding
up, two years was not so, and, therefore , the argument as to rea¬
sonable time for winding up, would not apply to the tax of 1890.
We also made the point, that, as the Company's capital was invested
in United States patents, it was not taxable. But this point is
of little value under the New Jersey decisions.
The Attorney General's motion is noticed for Jan. 27,
1891, before the Chancellor at Trenton. We will write to him
and also to the State Board of Assessors, asking if a mistake has
not been made and whether or not the tax which ho meant to col¬
lect was that of 1890. If the answer i o unf aver able , we can
still fight the claim for the tax of 1889 by certiorari or other
equivalent proceedings. We do not think that the chances of suc¬
cess are great, but it isperhaps worth trying. Our application
to the State Board of Assessors has not prejudiced our case in the
least in that regard.
As to the tax of 1890, we think that will have to be
paid. The main point — that of giving a manufacturing. canpany
time to wind up -- would have much less application to the taxof '
1890 than to the tax of 1889.
We will advise you of what the State Board of Assessors
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and Attorney General say regarding the intention of their notice;
It io worth while to note that this motion ie e imply one
for an injunction -to reetrain the Edioon Phonograph Company, its
officers and agents, from the exercise of any franchise of said cor
poration or the transaction of any business-*. it might be pos¬
sible to assign the patents, if you desired it, to a Trustee with
the power to c«™ey.^ The Phonograph Co. would still exist as a
corporation^ hough it.be incapable of any action if such an injunc¬
tion were granted. We presume, however, that a suit for the tax '
would follow if the injunction should issue.
Very truly yours,
'(^\.^vvcU
near Mr. Tata: ^ °ity’ 5* I89*‘ '
sent $5,000 in its S^^L^t tTl?* E^,0°* has at pre"
tax, about $2,500, in the next L,« We have t0 pay the
the Treasurer of the said Companv. Ii ’itVfLr+i t^ie.^oney froln
ha-s cash in its Treasury? IS it 4 fact that the E.P.Co.
Please excuse printed signature
Very truly yours,.
S.B.-^aton,
Edison 12aboratory.
Edison Laboratory.
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Edison Laboratory, Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:
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Your favor of the 10th inst,. in regard to the
officers of the Edison Phonograph Company was duly received. I
have examined the Minutes with the /view of answering the question*
contained in your letter, and find the following to be the
faots: /
At the annual' meeting of this company held
July 1st, 1889, (which is the /Last recorded annual meeting in the
minutes) the following persons were elected Directors: samuel
Insull, Thomas A. Edison, Charles Batchelor, Alfred 0. Tate and
John F. Randolph.
held August I6,/I889
special meeting of such Directors,
ficers were elected as follows:
President: - Samuel Insull.
.... , / Secretary and Treasurer: John K.-Ranclolnh-.
Mr. Edison a^.d Mr. /ate Fere in Burope~at" thii~time.
, , I . / There is only one meeting recorded in
the minutes Sine/ that time, namely, on Feb. 8, 1890. In the
minutes of this/neeting of Feb. 8, 1890, it is stated "The Presi¬
dent, Mr. Edis-rfn was in the Chair".
. There has not been any formal change of
officers since the election of Mr. Insull as President and Mr.
nandolph as Secretary and Treasurer on August 16, 1889, unless
there was a special meeting held between that date and FeB. 8,1890,
the minutes of which were not recorded. . If this is so, the min¬
utes should be corrected.
If there has been
ting, of which the
Edison Phonograph Company,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq., President,
Orange, N. J.,
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A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Orange, Mew Jersey.
Bear Sir:
Re Taxation of Edison Phonograph Co. Herewith I
beg to hand you for your files the following papers relating to
the matr.er namely:
I. A copy of the testimony of Mr. £ate taken beforo
the Commissioner, October I3th, 1890.
3. A copy of the affidavit of John I\ Randolph,
prepared by Mr. Parker for use on the application of the Edison
Phonograph Company for a Writ of Certiorari.
3. A copy of the Answer which was verified by Mr.
John P. Randolph in the same proceedings, but which has not been
Kindly acknowledge receip
Yei-y
uly yi
DYER & SEELY.
Edison ^Phonograph Cq.,
Orange, N, J.
Gentlanenf rr
We enclose herewith U, S? Pat onto Nos. 448,780 and
448, '7, 81, issued March 24th upqn Mr. Edisqn's cases Nos. ‘,784 and
794, respectively,
Kindly acknowledge receipt.
Yours
EATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
EUGENE H. LEWIS
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®^/f(EqUITABLE BUILOING)
April 24. IS9T.
Edison Phonograph Company,
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Secretary.
Dear Sir:
Ai
. t Referring toyour valued favor of the I4th inst., en¬
closing my letter of February 13 th to you, which I return herewith,
please find enclosed a form of resolution which I have drawn for
the purpose of confirming the acts performed by you and Mr. Edison
under the erroneous but honest supposition that you were officers
of the Company.
Enclosed resolution should be adopted at a meeting
of the Board of Directors of. the Company and recroded verbatim in
the minutes. The Book of Minutes is to my possession, so if you
will kindly send me the resolution tfchen adopted, together with the
Minutes of the Meeting adopting it, I shall see that they are
copied into the said book.
Hoping ;
L find the above satisfactory, I re-
Very truly yours ,
r4
. , . aeierring to your favor of the 21st. inst. in
Savd of A«pi«n!.PaP°rK re°eived from the M-J. Department State .
-ask that you will kincu/have a lfthe blanks"8 f il lefup , ^/the ‘l
P'','!a,,u 1>r »»
1 * . , . Wil1 you kincUy do this and return the same in us
by next mail if possible. Please address your letters aftev.
th>. to ,,, M a B».d Mr.., a, „ shall remove there t„o“ro,.
Very tiuly yours,
Eaton & Lewis p A.G.N,
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EDIS9N PH0NQGRAPR. G0MPANY,
EDISSN PH0NO6RAPR G0MPANY,
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EATON a LEWIS
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A.O, Tate, Esq,,
Orange, New Jersey,
Dear Sir:
Your favor of the 15th, inst,, with the Resolution passed
by the Edison Phonograph Company, together with information as to
the date of their meeting, was duly received, I will have these
minutes written in the proper book, in accordance with your re¬
quest.
Fhonorfmnh rotation.
(pt
DYER 4 SEELY.
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Edison Phonograph Oo'rf,
Orange, N.
Gentlemen, -
. W« b8S t0 advise you that the final government fee
on Mr# Edison's ease No. 869 covering Hie improved form of feeding
nut for the phonograph, i.e., a series of soft metal plates, must
be paid at the Patent Office not later than July 2nd. TYa also beg
to advise you that the final government fee on case No. 867, toy
phonographs, must be paid at the Patent Office on or before
July 10th.
We enclose herewith tracings of the drawings in
these two eases in order that Mr. Edison may understand just what
cases we have reference to.
If you desire to have these fees paid, kindly send
us a oheck for $40, ^the amount of the fees.
Yours truly.
£PC_
DYER &. SEELY.
New York .
_ 6, 1891.
A. 0. Tat Si Eb q. t
Orange, N. J,
Dear Sirj-
Wo beg to aoknowled
in at enclosing cheek to our
to tho credit of the Phonogra
for the same. ^ ^
Yours tiuly.
your favor of thB 6t*>
which we Jieir a placed
Please accept OUr that**
fjU 011,-
DYER & SEELY.
V OFFICES, .r.oi.LTY, ,
36 WALL STREET,
Edison Phonograph Co.,
Orange, N. J.
Gentlemen, •
<^E,GEIV££
OCT 1-1801
Ans'd-
et*
18 <?/
We send you herewith Letters Patent No. 460,123' is¬
sued September 29th, 1891, upon Mr. Edison's improvement in phono¬
gram blank carriers, case 899. Kindly acknowledge receipt.
Yours truly,
\ / (p b'I'-'l
LAW OFFICES, ,
N EW YORK.
November 21, 1891y
Edison Phonograph Company,
Orange, N. J,
^.CEIV^
NOV 2 3 1891
Gentlemen:- Ms>d_ _ m
We beg to advise you that Mr. Edison's application No.
847 has been allowed by the Patent Office; also the application of
Mr. Ott on Coin Controlled Phonographs. We enclose herewith
copies of the drawings so that y ou may readily understand what
1891. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works - General (D-91-46)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to
the business of the Edison Phonograph Works. Many of the letters are from
Sherburne B. Eaton, Edison’s attorney, and relate to various legal matters.
Included are letters about the transfer of property to the township of West
Orange and the company’s lawsuits against the Edison Phonograph Toy
Manufacturing Co. and the North American Phonograph Co.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: correspondence
about foundiy work done by the Edison Phonograph Works for the Edison
General Electric Co. and the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating
Works; correspondence regarding accounts and other routine matters; letters
of transmittal and acknowledgement; duplicate copies of selected items.
Dear Mr. Tate
New York City, Jan. 9th, 1891,
thlB ra++ J; sP°He to Mr. Randolph at the Laboratory yesterday about
timL - i, l u°ld him hat 1 oould not find y°ur draft of rosolu
t ions, and asked him to send me a duplicate copy. I repeat the
Stalling! attaCh U t0 ^ annSX9d l6tter’ t0 avoid mis—
and will not meet
The Board did not meet last Tuesday
certainly forseveral days.
t * 1 , . 1 dld ”ot know lmtil yesterday that you had been so ill.
I should have called on you yesterday, but was kept At at the
Laboratory until after dark
getting better.
I am glad to hear that you are
Very t ruly you
i^x/jUCn.
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[ENCLOSURE]
Major S. B. Eaton,
#120 Broadway,
New York City .
Dear Sir:-
Ref erring to the Resolution, draft of whioh I handed
to you some time ago, and whidh was designed to ratify the di¬
vision of Edison Phono. Works stock issued to Mr. Edison between
the latter and the Mercantile Trust Company, you will recollect
that in your letter to me dated 5th November last you a3ked nc to
take pains to remember that the resolution in question had better
be passed at the next meeting of the Board. There is a special
meeting of the Directors to be held to-morrow (Tuesday ) at 12
o'clock noon in Mr. Insull's office at the Edison Building, New
York, and I send you this letter so that action may be taken on
the matter referred to herein.
Secretary,
■j
[ENCLOSURE]
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
Major s. B, Eaton,
#120 Broadway ,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
In regard to the draft of resolution which I handed
to you some time ago, and which you spoke to Mr. Randolph about
yesterday when you were at the Laboratory, as explained in my
letter of 5th instant, this resolution was designed to ratify the
division of Phono. Works stock iBsued to Mr. Edison between the
latter and the Mercantile Trust Co. I have caused a search to
be made through our files for a copy of the resolution, but there
does not seem to have been a copy of it made, as one cannot be
found.
/ (Av''\
EATON & LEWIS
EUGENE H. LEWIS
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
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Edison Phonograph Wortts
Thomas a. Edison, Eqsq., President.
Dear sirs *
rsa,;r„r™&s sirrrrr s= »;■
been extensive. • what a£e » our wishes ‘fs^ , °UP Servioes tav°
It seems to me that we ought not ^ present a bill?
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this regards ,
T it y+\Wlli kindly let me know your wishes in
’ 1 sha11 take Pleasure in conforming to them.
Very truly yours,
S z*~ Led- ”^’v^
C^L 0 <=f -
EATON & LEWIS
/2&L%‘fwer.e/u't(y( EQUITABLE BUILDING)
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Edison Phonograph Works,
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Thomas A, Edison, Esq. President,
In your attachment suit in New Jersey against
the Boston Toy Company in which there is likely to be a fight,
we have retained a local lawyer:; in New Jersey for the purpose of
convenience and accuracy. His retaining fee is §100. Will you
kindly send us a cheque drawnto the order of Albert Watson for
$100, as retaining fee, to said lawyer, and oblige,
Very truly yours,
EATON & LEWIS
Edison Phonograph Works,
A. 0. Tate Esq . ,
Orange, H.J.
/•£? EQUITABLE BUILDING )
■yj/cw Jan- 21, 1891;.
2fW^a -o
Re_ Phono. Works vs. Ed. Phono. Toy Mfg,' Oo.
It is important that I should have a consultation with
you in reference to the attachment in this case at an early date.
I have made an appointment on my diary for Friday at S o’clock
at this office. If that will be agreeable to you I shall be glad
to see you then. Please let me know at once whether it will be
agreeable,
EATON & LEWIS
EUGENe°H. LEWIS
EQUITABLE
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~~Z%!W l^y/yJan-. 26 , 1891.
Edison Phonoemph Works,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,, President.
Dear Sir:
,„_+ e+ ,, iV A Referring to Mr. Tate’s letter of the 20 th
inst., statins that you would like our bill for cash disbursements
Pref0r t0 haVe bil1 for services to reqt
t ory to Us. ^ S t0 ^ that this Wil1 b? quite satisfac-
ments to January I,
receive your cheque
jsncj.osed please find bill for cash disburse-
1891, $559. 20 for which we shall be glad to
Very truly yours,
|
Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N. J,
g^ge, N. J., February 3rd, 1891.
//n?/.
I had a conversation with Mr. Edison yesterday in
regard to the 12 Phonographs (new model }, and the six ITickel-in-
the-Slot machines which you are building, six of the former -for
the K. U. P. Co. and six for the N. A. P. Co., and the latter for
the Edison United Phonograph Co. Mr. Edison says that if these
are billed direct against the Companies named it may cause Compli¬
cation with respect to our manufacturing agreements, and he there¬
fore prefers to have them billed against himself. You can retain
the original orders which I sent you and make your bills out
against Mr. Edison.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) A. 0. TATE,
Private Secretary.
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drdbbu sf> cccAd c^(A (a^u>A /U^ ^AL <^4j.
\£ntSL Cv\A,^U~. $Kv §(L*e»^
MemaJ (Qded-cvt'.
t?r h . m, tn.^f
Mr. Edison,-
V/hom should we charge with the phonograph
which was sent to Connelly, N. J. & Pa. Concentrating Works,
Ogden? r/Kfatf
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Mr. Edison, -
The Phonograph Works have just
the foil opine telegram:
Judge Depew has granted stay. Do not allow
be removed.
Eugene Stevenson, Newark, N. J.
Jtexech
received
goods to
April 1, 1891,
EATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
EQUITABLE BUILD
ytcu> jkvT/fs April I. 189
Uiomas A. Edison, Esq., .
Dear Sir:
Re Attacliment Suit of E.P.Wroks v E.P.T.M'f'g. Co.
Mr. heyns is confined at home with' a severe cold. Our Nev' Jersey
associate lawyer it turns out is Confined with the -rip, and it "
wi.l be at least another day bel'o're we can advise you Hist, what
to do in the present emergency. / But you can depend upon our
giving the matter the quickest possible atrention. It seems to me
that we on glit to appeal, but I Zlo not wish to decide to do so until
I have a chance to confer with Any associates, Who are really mo-e
familiar with attachment proceedings than I am. One is ill at
59th Street and the other is fll in New .Terse
some disadvantage. j
l that Mr. :
1 in New Jersey, so I am working at
and the matt
sent to him,
order that y
I will add tha!t Mr. Bush is in bed with the grip,
ra relating to the statement against the N.A.pToo . ,
nust necessarily be postponed. I mention this in
•. may know what is going on in this regard.
rn
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Hew York City, April 7tli, I89p.
Edison Phonograph Works,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq., President.
Dear Sir:
Re Attachment Suit of Works v Toy Company.
We are now waiting for Judge Depua to determine just what
sort of bond you must give in case wo apneal from his
decision. If the conditions of the bond are not too
onerous I shall favor appeal for it will tie the whole
thing up for a year, including appeals to both of the
higher Courts, and we may win in the end. But I want
to know first whether the Judge will let us sell the
goods if we wish to pending appeal, and just what the
damages will be if we are finally beaten on the last ap¬
peal.
Inasmuch as the question presented in this
ease seems to be an entirely new one, I may ask you in
a few days to let mo take the opinion of some How Jersey
lawyer of ago, standing and experience, such a man, for
instance, as Ex Chancellor Runyon. Possibly it might
pay us to find out what he thinks our chances would bo
of appeal. However, I shall see you about this in a few
days.
Please excuse printed signature as I am just
leaving for Syracuse t.o see Judge Wallace a tout hearing
the Filament Case.
Very truly yours,
S. B. Eaton.
APR 10 1891
Thomas Butler Esq.,
Edison Building,
Broad St., New York*
Dear Sir:-
Referring to the Graphophone tables v;e have on hand
we beg to advise that there are about 175 of the tables with legs,
treadles and wheels, which ought to net us §2. each* In addition
to these we have 300 table parts not assembled, which ought to net
us $1.50 each? we have also parts for 200 more, with the exception
of the table tops, these parts are not assembled and ought to met
us$1.00 each.
CGRAPH DICTATION.
Yours truly.
Edison Phone
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EATOI
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
Bear Mr. Edison:
Re Attachment Suit of E.P.Works v Toy Co. I have been
to Jersey City and had a long conference with Ex Chancellor Runyon
about our taking an appeal in this case. He will give us a care¬
fully considered opinion by the end of this week and will charge
$100, for which I shall ask you to remit in due time.
Very truly yours,
P.S.I send a duplicate of this note to Mr. Insull,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Thomas Butler Esq.,
Edison Building, Broad St., New York.
Near Sir:-
I have your favor of the 20th. , with relation
to the cylinders which you have received from the New York Co.
I beg to quote you below, the comments by Mr. Ballou, on your
letter:
"In reply to Mr. Builer's letter about the cylinders, would
say that the fault must be outside of the Works. The cylinders
are turned, cleaned, inspected and wrapped the same day. We haye '
about 25 out of every 1050 cylinders which we take a second cut
from; that is, if there are any defects which are not taken out when
they are turned off the first time, a second cut is taken to take
out such defects. This cut is never made below a limited gauge.
About one year ago when they 'were having so much trouble with
the cylinders, the second cuts amounted to about 300 per day, and
then some would have to have a third and fourth cut.
Ballou"
Yours very truly,
(graph Works/
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Dear Mr. Tate:
New York City, April 2a, I89i.
oh„n/la .... , Your telephone message reaches me late, owing to
absence. Whatever was attached is in the eye of the law i-, the
removal °r the+ ^ y°U ftave ™ ^ consent Jo the
,r“ rsrr z y°“ *■ *• «
Please excuse printed signature.
Very truly yours,
S.B. Eaton p A.G.M
If the p ropery in question is covered by the attachment you cannot
deliver it because it is in the Sheriff B-'custody* The Boston
Company can legally take any props rty^be longing to them if it is
not covered by the attachment*
EATON & LEWIS
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44 .(/Uwtrd.^te££j(l EDISON BUILDING )
May 18 1 , 189 1 , _
V
Edison Phonograph Works,
Thomas A. Edison, President,
Re Attachment Suit v Toy. Co.
enclosed the opinion of Ex Chancellor Runyon,
whidi kindly return as it is my only copy.
I beg to hand you
dated the 25th ult.,
Ke sustains the view taken by Judge Depue , and ad¬
vises us not to ap peal. He even goes so far as to hold that in
all cases where "substituted service" can be had under the Statute
attachment will not lie. Indeed, he says that an attachment would
not be good even though the summons served on the agent in New Jer¬
sey of a foreign corporation, would not entitle the owner of the
judgment to enforce it against the said corporation in another
State. Thus foreign corporations are better off in New Jersey
than an individual there, and the property of the foreign corpora¬
tion cannot be attached ijii-.New Jersey if you are able by "sub¬
stituted service" to get a judgment which though valid in New Jer¬
sey is utterly invalid and useless everywhere else and utterly
useless in New Jersey itself if the defendants property has been
removed. Tftis is an outrage, but Judge Depue and Ex Chancellor
Runyon say that it is law in New Jersey. It is not lav/ in New
Shall we appeal nevertheless? No doubt the Supreme
Court, the first step in the appeal, would sustain Judge Depue. The
case would then go to the highest Court, where we would have a fight-
inpr charm. °
If we appeal, the^wwwie must give a bond with a
surety, agreeing to return the goods in-the end if we are beaten-
with damages which would probably b§ six per cent, per annum on "
the value of the goods. The cost the appeal including lawyers
fees and everything, assuming that we were finally beaten, would
be perhaps 0500. I think you already know that any other existing
bona fide creditor of the Toy Co. can participate in the fruits
of the attachment if he files his claim before the matter is final¬
ly ended,
If you wish, you can give up the attachment and com¬
mence an action by serving the agent of the Toy Co., in New Jer¬
sey, Judge Depue having he Id that such a service would be good.
Whether a judgment obtained in such a suit, would be good outside
of the State of New Jersey, is doubtful. Probably the defendant
however, would come in and contest the suit, in which case the
judgment would be good everywhere.
If you are willing to spend about $500 and yourself
go on the appeal bond of the Works without having much of any risk
attachable to it, you can appeal and: tie the goods up under the
present attachment until next Winter or even later. Or we can
vacate the attachment and let them take the goods. In that case
w_e car. sue by serving their agent, but without attaching anything.
* Will you kindly think the matter over and give me,
your instructions the very first of the week, as we cannot delay
the other side much longer.
EATON & LEWIS
EDISON BUILDING j
.ykce/Afyew'/ty. _ May. Xat. 189 x .
Edison Phonograph Works,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq., President
Dear Sir:
Fx .. J*e Attachment Suit v Toy. Co. The fee payable to
Ex Chancellor Runyon for the opinion which he gave is $100. We
are also making a good many other cash'' disbursements in this mat-
er. If agreeable, will you kindly send us a cheque for $250,
which. we shall place to the credit of the Edison Phonograph Works.
If
44-
/kcw&w/:' _ May_.4th,i89j .
Phonograph Works,
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
I discussed with Mr. Edison today the question of
abandoning the attachment suit against the Toy Co., and of looting
that Company take the goods now under attachment if they wish to.
If that be done, there will still be a charge for storage as re¬
gards the goods in question. Mr. Edison wants you to make out
that charge for storage touching the specific goods covered by
the attachment and send it to me at once.
Are there any goods in your custody belonging to
the Toy Co. on which you have done work which has not been fully
paid for? we are trying to discover some point on which we can
hold something, and Mr. Edison states that there are goods other
than those covered by the attachment, and that they consist of
mechanisms on which you have done work which has not been paid for.
Will you kindly tell me whether this is so, and give me a full list
of such goods in a. general way. if you have any other goods be¬
longing t,o the Toy Co., please tell me what they are and whether
they represent any work done by you.
In sending me the above information please state
as regards any existing claims whether they belong to the Works
or to Mr. Edison or otherwise, for I must know exactly who owns any
claim in question.
Hoping to receive your report without delay, I re-
^t-CEiVEo
MAY 5 1891
EATON a LEWIS
44- &*veu£c$geeAtwk\
EDISON BUILDING )
[ ^ e„ "A 4th, 1891.
' W^i*5 J
XsfW
Edison Phonograph Works , ^
Samuel Insull, Esq., Treasurer,
Edison Building, 44 Broad Street,
New York City.
Dear sir:
AdvsnoB Wp+Hm + H !* °£ E?ison United Phonograph Company ror
Advanoe Estimate of Cost. Replying, to your valued favor of the
u *<*’ yli}10^ rea°hed me this morning, and referring to Secre-
of ,h0 30th ult- Bm“8d «“"*<■• 1 »•« *°
, ... . , U aPPQai,a from Mr. Morison's letter that his Com-
andY+h«+ bin**"g of PlaoinB you a large order for machines &e.
the 1, k PU7T °f enablinB them to decide upon placing
temni£fed% h+£ Wan fr0m y°U the "08timatsd actual cost as con¬
templated in the agreement of March II, 1890".
®he Point is whether they have the right to call on
yan06., °r an 9Stimate of this kind,' or whether they first
p ace their order and then remain in ignorance of the estimated
cost until they receive your "bill for the estimated cost" at the
?£ eacb oalendar rao»th as provided for in the ninth
section of the said agreement*
Tbe above point is not clearly settled by the con-
iSS’secI’i^ °^ni°n+viS that a fair readinG of the second and
ninth sections shows that you need not state the estimated cost
and^hat^this^01* ? bill.at th® miration of each calendar month,
h£ 0S! may be vari0d 0a°h month if for any good reason
and noting in good faith you think the estimated cost should be
be^ft!L^«H9 S8£0nd seotion Prides that the "actual cost" shall
be determined each year, and that proper allowancii“Sh!ai then be
made in case it differs fromthe estimated cost.
, . . 11,11110 my opinion is that you are not bound to state
in advanoe what the estimated actual cost is and while the contract
provides for arbitration in the event of any dispute as tb what
i
you ought t,o clo, nevertheless I suggest that you, might comply with
Secretai’y Morison’s request so far as to give him the estimated
cost as closely as possible, but in doing this you should dis¬
tinctly notify him that you reserve the right to change it from
month to month when rendering bills as called for by section ninth
of the contract., if you find it necessary to do so. If you do
this, and then make the cost up with reasonable business judgment
and entire good faith, you will be all right.
While on this subject I shall state that the con¬
tract provides that within one month after you give written notice
of the particular type of machine you have determined on, the
Company must give its firm order of ten machines per diem. The
contract also provides for an inspector, However, I suppose
these points of the contract you do not wish to have discussed
in this opinion which relates only to the question of your giving
in advance the estimated actual cost.
Hoping the above will be satisfactory, I remain,
Very truly yours,
^ :4 «
44- BUILDING )
^l(ett/&evy&_ May.. 5_th.,_I.8aj .
Edison Phonograph Works,
A.O .Tate, Esq., .Secretary,
Bear Sir:
EATON & LEWIS
Referring to my letter of yesterday asking for a re¬
statement of the different classes of property now stored at the
Works and belonging to the E.P.T.Mfg. Go., please let me remind
you that one of the most important things I want to know is in
whom the title now rests. As regards the various kinds of pro¬
perty you are to report to me on, has possession passed touching
each, and has title passed? in no event will there be any
lien if title is passed. 0?$
1 Is the Toy Go. insolvent, and how strong an dffi
davit can you make that it is? Has it past due debts unpaid
outside of its debts to the Works and to Mr. Edison? if you
can give me an affidavit which absolutely shows insolvency,
there is one other possible twist which we can try against the said
Toy Co. in New Jersey.
Will you kindly send me a mem. of the amount of
Mr. Edison's claim against the Toy Co., with dates.
Please give the above matters your very prompt atten
tion as Mr. Edison is inclinded toot to appeal from the decision of
Judge Depue in the present attachment suit, and irSrwe are going to
dcaajpthing else, we ought to decide before the attachment is vaca
ted. So please give this the earliest possible attention, and
oblige,
Very tr-uly yours.
New York City, May 5th, 1891.
EcUson Phonograph Works,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq., President.
Dear Sir:
Re Attachment Suit v Toy. Co. Referring to your
valued favor of yesterday returning the Runyon opinion, Judge Dopue
held that McRovan was an agent competent to be served in behalf of
the Company. That same question was submitted to Runyon and he
agrees with Depue, although his written opinion does not say any¬
thing about it. On that particular question of fact, 1 think that
the higher Courts would also agree with Depue. But behind and
above that question of fact is the question of law already dis-
cussed between us, and it is on that question that I should hope to
win if we appealed the case.
Plea?e fiive me by return mail your written instruc¬
tions as to whether we shall appeal so that I may make no mistake.
I have nothing newato add pro or con# Mr* Stevenson and I tfoth
feel that Depue and Runyon are both wrong on the law point, though
probably right on the question of fact. But their two opinions
are entitled to more weight than our two. Shall we appeal, and
tie the matter up for a year at an additional cost of perhaps §500
and at the trouble of your going on the appeal bond of the Works?
Awaiting your prompt reply, I remain,
EATON & LEWIS
''4-
May 6, 1891.
Cfey
Edison Phonograph Works, r
Thomas A.Edison, Esq., President.
Dear Sir:
Re Attachment Suit v Toy Co. I beg to say that Mr
Insull , Mr. Tate and I have talked over the question today of ap¬
pealing, and we are all of opinion that an appeal should be taken
because the continued tieing up of the goods v/ill make it more
easy for Mr. Insull to negotiate with Mr. Madden. For reasons of
tactics, we think that the appeal should be taken although it may
cost a few hundred dollars and although you may have to go on the
bond of the Works on appeal. Does this meet your approval The
risk attached to the bond will be but slight so far as you are
concerned, and it will also pay you to take that risk in view of
the advantage of the continued tieing up of the goods in con¬
sequence of the appeal. Shall we appeal?
Please excuse printed signature.
Vo'-y truly yours ,
S.B. Eaton p A.Cf.M.
Edison Building,
Broad St., Mew York.
Dear Sir:-
We have your letter of May 18th., calling attention
to defect in cylinders, and have referred the same to Mr. Ballou.
Mr. Ballju says that he is unable to account for this defect,
but says that^is possible that a few of them might have shrunk
slightly. He says .however, that he will look into it, and endeavor
to remedy the trouble.
Yours truly.
'sCU-ernJ e^^/t5
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~'£e' (&&£o</-&-^<J
c-r/&< t~}~6y &t<°*z*^Zs/ O-C^A/ <Aet£c**>e~/t=Z?
'<0*1/ A/cCct.ui' O-^/^co-^t
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[FROM HENRY C. WARE?]
C^,-UC. jer&&- *
f *7 *fA<
jtoa
/
• • to the Board by Mr Edison giving an
:'• Phonos .•ay.ks, Cylinders etc also new tools* ^
,,r,o and o# taction of Mr SeligmPr seconded
allowing resolution was adopted.
OJ or Edison Phonograph Works be notified to
per memorandum and that a sum of money aggregating
the said Phonograph Works for same, which sum is
to - ored^ed in a separata account and that in the event of the
Works furnishing other party or parties than this Company with
said Tool?, it is suggested that the said Phonograph Works will
charge them their proper proportion of the cost to this Company
for the said Tools and that they refund to this Company their porti&r£
of excess of payment.
1‘esolved t : :a~
mare the tools ,
nsoo. be paid
.. ■
y I ..
Samuel Insull Esq. (Treasurer,
Edison Building, New York.
Dear Sir:-
Thoro were some parts of the Cash Register
which 1 could not see, as it was inconvenient for them to take it
all apart. I thoroughly examined all parts which wore taken down
and understood the workings of the whole machine.
The mechanical construction of the machine, with the exception
of a few details, v/as of the best. These points could be easily
changed.
I consider it a practical machine and one that can be econom¬
ically manufactured.
Yours
Superintendent .
Edison Building, New York.
Dear Sir:-
We have arrived at the point now, when we have
need of another horse.
We shall be glad if you will have Mr. Turner send us another
one from Schenectady. What we need is a heavy horse, such as the
one we returned to them several months ago, minus his kicking pro¬
pensities.
Yours truly,
Edison Phono grpi£h Works^
'By
Yli/J,
Dear Sirt-
We are out of sapphire. Mr. Ballou knows of 150
to 200 ounces of very good material which can be had of 1. Tanne-
baum & Co., 65 Nassau St., New York, at $3. per oz. Will you
authorize us to make this purchase?
phonograph dictation.
/u
l: §>{
,A>, ,
V ^'Bea^JUlr.
Insull :
Mew York City, June 13, I89j.
N*'4 , § y°u anc* I ought to see Mr, Edison Monday or Tue s da v
j-n. /?< whether or not the Phonograph Yforks shall give a bond
\ V t0 appeal the N,J .Attachment Suit against the Toy Co.,
w \Y j&P *he at the Works. Mr. Edison would have to go on the
%. vf ’i^ond asjj’surety and possibly somebody else besides. The matter
■lit \ cannot well be delayed longer than Tuesday at the latest. When can
|A-s you go out?
vX.’P Very truly y°urs*
W S.B. Eaton, p A.G.M.
EATON & LEWIS
r\
4-/- ( EOISON BUILDING)
^ceived
v JUN 18 1891-
Samuel Xnsull, Esq., . 18
. .
Dear sir:
Re Proposed Suits by Edison Phonograph Works and Mr,
Edison aeainst the Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company.
Referring to the decision reached yesterday at our
conference with Mr. Edison that these suits should be conduced
at once, will you kindly send me an accurate statement of these
various claims in order to fora, the bases of the suits. Please
make them up without regard to the existing attachment suit of the
Edison Phonograph Works against the Toy Company, that is to say,
just as if that suit were not pending. We can then subdivide the
claim ourselves in my office in such way as circumstances may re¬
quire .
main,
Awaiting your early attention to this matter, i re.
Very truly yours,
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
■av>h Company to purchase supplies for the phonograph fivm out aide
rsono. 'A’hoy, for instance, buy chip brushes an<l diaphragm dlaa-.
a outside. It may bo that a chip brush ia not actually a part •
1 tho auppli bb contemplated in tho contract; but tlds certainly
ujtanco,, listening tube is am
;s which 'no Id the ear leads :
n.-rnlote unless they havo 1
as it ion. Shay want no to
™3y the tubes without those springs , and intend supply inc the
> case of cusnutator bruuh-
t’th American Phonograph Company' }iave on hand a number
b-uah boldore at the Jersey City shop.
1 oho s ior these, no that they tlctnaolves i
holders. 'Cl i« instances which
at moment, but it appears to tin
:a can assemble them tc
quoted are not of very
imont, but it appears to us that tho principle is entirely
md if it in permitted to develop with our approval and
co, it nay lead to serious cenaequenoos. We would be clad
w-Hd kindly define our position v/ith respect to these
:• earliest convenience.
‘■icon Phonograph Company lave appliod
sr our contract wo should supply them
‘•are will hand you this letter and va
n ion this lot tor and will show you models of
-mutator brushes, and explain tho matter to you
suly, ]?l)T<;oiI PKUIIOGRAPH VVOiEi
©hades (©ex t^nnjth,
^\ltoriicy-ut-01a»,
241 ;§outli f®lfth direct.
D>
1^1
TFY^'
pi,iiuieiPi,iu..M.y 27th . : . IS9i
A.O.Tate Esq. Secy.
Edison Phono. Eorks
Dear Sir
In answer to your favor of 25th inst. I
would prefer to have your company take entire charge
and design and build the proposed machine complete.
What is desired is a simple, compact machine not
larger than the Nat. Weighing Machines Co's scales,
that can be conveniently placed in a depot or store
and not occupy verymuch space, the slot arrangement
must such as can be operated oily by a nickel and not
by a dummy. Can you furnish me with an estimate of
cost for designs and patterns and approximate the
cost per machine when built.
(yC
^ fi~- <*i» Ctritct
. 4t-Jt(Urcs^-e.
/iL, 7$ t^7 - — r
Very Truly Yours,
t
44 (EDISON BUILDING)
EATON & LEWIS
EUGENE H. LEWIS J/"1 <?, /?
ffjJiy_3.Q ,_i 891 .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Mr. A’. 0. Tate, Secretary,
Orange, N. J,
Dear Sir!
Edison Phonograph Works re Watchung Avenue. I am in re¬
ceipt of your flavor of the 29th instant, in relation to the above
matter, and enclosing a letter from the Town Authorities and a pro¬
posed deed for execution by the Works. On looking over the papers
I find that, to properly deal with the matter, I shall have to send
some one to look over the ground. I shall accordingly send a man
from this office to-morrow and will then be in a position to reply
fully to the inquiries of your letter.
1 Very
•O' . 4 V 1 \
P ^ ^ L ’ L »•
V , - -- n . • H* .
■' K ■' ^ l { o A> <t
44- a*
EDISON BUILDING )
EATON .a LEWIS
Mr 4 Years’ 8 letter of. the 31st ult . is received to¬
gether with two large parcels of copies of all bills rendered by
you against the North American Phonograph Company down to May 1st,
1891. My understanding is that you wish a suit commenced at once
against the said Company for the purpose of putting these bills
into judgment.
•"ed'ison b-uiloing, broad street
vi
' August 8th, 1891.
Thomas A. Editor
1 enclose herewith copy of a letter addressed to
the Phonograph Works by Mr.J.G.Wood, the General Manager of
the Missouri Phonograph Company. Shall I refer this to the "North
Amerioan Phonograph Company, and have you any suggestion to make
as to "what - ought to be sd. d to them when handine them the 1 erttai?'"
-CtCL^ IjZXZZZ
■ K A*™*- to- -
[ENCLOSURE]
0&'’}N§9>
■ m'Sf'b
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Samuel Insull Esq., Troas.,
Ediscn Buil||ing,
4 r Broad StT, New York.
■Vi ..Dear SirJ-
f;' .We bee to hand you herewith a copy of a letter we
have this day received from J, 0. Wood Esq., General Manager of the
Missouri Phonograph Co. .
■ !'' Yours truly,
“ " Edison
By
1 Enclosure.
[ENCLOSURE]
Copy*
Milbanky S* Dak., July 10, 1891.
Ediscn Phonograph Works,
Orange , New Jersey;*
Gentlemen : -
•On my rfetum, to St. Louis, I made .out an order for
a Sample of the nejr reproducer jrifrir.'' the N. AV; Pi Coy, informs me
theft they will be very expensive unless a large number is ordered.
As understood while at your shops at the invention, that these
arms would be ready |o go out at once,- are you in a position to
send us on<|, immediately? We feel th.at the phonograph interest is
being kept baok y wy-pueh .1*0, way, the J»uaine8s is conducted no*;
and hope before long that such changes will be made to enable th$
local companies to get" goods more promptly^ We have order's in now
s4hd,e last May, for machines and haye no information as to when
they will be shipped,; We shall probably need a hundred machines
ih otir territory before the' 1st* -of January,' and in case we a„e
bothered in getting machines as we have been, we shall' surely be;
obliged to stop active work until you can get thingssettled there
in New York for active business*
. Wil1 you kindly let me hear from you here, as 1 am taking a
months vacation in my sunnier cottage, and shall not return to St..
Louis until the fore part of Augusti
Yours very truly,,
(signed) j. c* Wood, Gen. Manager,
Thef Missouri Phonograph Co.
-AugUBt 18th, IRQ 1 .y/^O
A, o. Tate Esq. , Secretary ,
' Edison Building, New York,
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed please find statement of account
against the Edison United Phonograph Company, as requested by you.
Also find enclosed, a list of the Tools under construction for
that Company, as made up by Mr. Ballou.
The cost of Labor & Material on the tools as per enclosed
list, up to and including Saturday August 15th is $1,555.25
This sum incroased by our regular percentages,
namely, 40* & 20*. will amount to- *2 R9
2 enclosures.
[ENCLOSURE]
List of Tools
under construction for Edison United Phonograph Co.
„ ~ „ KHKKKKXHKKKKKHKHKXXKK
V, "PUouo. "Body Tools
Jig for drilling and first reaming
Hand reaming Jig for main shaft support
Hand reaming Jig for main shaft oentre
Swinging arm stud and screw shaft
Fixture for filing swinging arm seat
Drill jig for swinging arm dowel pin hole
Fixture for filing lock bolt lug
Fixture for milling straight edge
Drill jig for set screw holes
Drill jig for Idler pulley studs
Finished
not
^ia^v;ae$\\v 5W\\v TotiVs
Screw Machine fixture for boring hubs
Fixture for milling seat and lift slot
Fixture for milling pawl and spring slot
Drill jig for lift, pawl and spring pins
Drill jig for cup clamp screws
Drill jig for adjusting screws
Fixture for reaming cup hole
Bell trip dies .
nearly "
partly . "
Finished
Ccovmx’Yui'c YvcoiVxe
Fixture for profiling bracket lugs
Fixture for milling rubber plate supports
Drill jig for all holes
Dies for index spring, starting and spring levers
Finished
nearly "
Finished
Gcovievftor 1&\ru.cV\.e,\7
Fixture for profiling sides
Drill jig for all holes
Fixture for milling feet
nearly
not
[ENCLOSURE]
SvMlXVty-VU) ^OtWV
Drill jig for stud hole . Finished
Drill jig for centre and adjusting screw "
Fixture for straddle milling "
Fixture for milling for lock bolt »
Hand reaming for stud hole «
Hand reaming for centre hole u
Drill jig for dowel pin not »
Drill jig for magnet frames n
Fixture for knife block back rod sleeve hole »
Dies for small levers on knife blocks »
Top plate drill jig not „
musuoX, ^.(L^'cod.u.ce-v; Txm/
Fixture for boring hub
Drill jig for hub clamp screws
Fixture for sawing hub
Fixture for profiling boss
Fixture for boring cup hole
i°r adJustin6 and binding post dcre*
Drill jig for cup clamp screws
nearly
partly
Ctmt 2>lo\: Tools
Punching dies (2)
Punching dies (9)
Drill jigS
Finished
partly
not *
Th. too!, M,iob „o „„ o^^oo „„ „.„ly ftoiah8a
by Sept . iet thot w eon beBta the of
machines without delay - c"""'
5C-
Superintendent.
August 18th, 1891.
A.O.Tate Esq. ,PrivatJ Secretary,
Edison Building, New York.
Dear Sir:- ^
Replying to your favor of the 19th August, receiv¬
ed til is. morning, we beg to advise you that the Phonograph Works
have no claim whatever on its books against Jesse H.lippinco'tt,
tfefther have we received any notice from Mr. Waite, the Assignee,
cal lingijf or-'^riy’ s^ch claim.
Thomas Butler Esq.,
Edison Building,
Broad St. , New York.
Dear Sir:-
^ECEJV£0
SEP 2 1891
We would ask you to kindly speak to Mr Inaull
regarding the price the New York Works are now paying us for iron
castings.
The price we now charge them is 3 1/2/, and Mr. Ballou thinks
that this is entirely too low, and that we should have 4 1/2/ for
the reason that most all of the castings they send us, are quite
small and difficult to cast, requiring a very large amount of labor
and taking a smaller quantity of iron. •
The price of 3 1/2/ seems to have been fixed by Mr. Insull
more than a year ago, when I understand the Works were receiving
orders for larger castings, which of course we could furnish at a
less price than we can furnish the small castings which we are now
making.
'HOMOGRAPH DICTATION.
Yours truly, /
Edison Phonograph Works,
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
r^E-CZWED
SEP 5 1391
New York, Sept* 4, 1891*
Thomas Butler Esq*,
Edison Phonograph Works,
Edison Building, Broad St», Cityi
Dear Sir!
I have your favor of the 3rd, inst*', in
relation to the price we are paying the Phonograph Works for iron
castings. The price which we are paying for iron castings to the
Phonograph Works, taking into consideration that the castings are
billed to us E. .0 * B, Orange, and we are obliged ,in addition ,to
truck these castings across the City, is no lower, if as low as
the price we are paying other foundries. We can also obtain much
prompter service from other found riesi' I therefore, cannot
consider the question of paying a higher price to the Phonograph
Works for iron castings.
Dictated by E, A,
A. 0. Tate Esq.,
Edison Building,
Broad St., Now York.
Dear Sir.:-
With relation to your letter requesting us to send
the 6 new style phonographs made for ‘'fesoti, . to -the
Laboratory, .the .writer in accordance with a message received from
Mr. Insull has asked Mr. Edison about these machines, and he has
given his permission for them to remain here at the Works for the
moment, for purposes of experimentation, and also for use in this
office.
Yours truly, s)
Edison Phonograph Works,
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
. r pm,
J'iT-f'
mWmiva^ i68i g d3s .
03Ai303^-
Thomas Butler Esq.,
Edison Building,
Broad St., New York.
Dear Sir:-
Herewdith please find a memorandum of the Edison
United Phonograph Cos' account, agreeing with my telephone message
to you of. this morning.
I
[ENCLOSURE]
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To Edison Phonograph Works, Dr.
OFFICE AND WORKS, LAKESIDE AVE.
[ENCLOSURE]
OuU oK.
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To Edison Phonograph Works, ©£■
telbehonb sob. (/
^ Office and Works, Lakeside Ave.
CHECKED. APPROVED.
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I \yjinJ. /SxA- rz. ^ccr/sTYf ■■y,-^..£c/.. /fit
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Shipped \o
—.(Packages.
Hill, of _Ladirig__
Edison Building,
Broad St., New Yoric.
Dear Sir:-
Rep lying to your letter of September 5th., we would
state that we have not been in the habit of sending Mr. Edison a
summary of our pay-roll. We have only heretofore made out one
copy, and that has been sent to your office, supposably for you to
hand to Mr. Edison at such times as you required to get money from
him for our pay-roll. Do you wish us to send a copy of this sum-
-mary each week to Mr. Edison?
i'nON'OSRAPH DICTATOR,
jp/'TV-r, Cu & -
SAMUEL INSULL
H.E.
Montreal. September 10th, 1891.
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Care of The EdL son General Electric Company,
Edison Building, Broad Street, New York.
My Dear Tatet-
I have your telegram telling me that after talk¬
ing with Major Eaton you have decided to s tand by the bills as
rendered by the Phonograph Works. This does not at all surprise
me; I was v try much surprised at your s aying we ought to withdraf
them. It struck me that if the contract was so worded that we
ought towithdraw these bills, Eaton muBt have made some big
blunders in drawing the contract, and this I did not think he
did.
Yours very truly,
No eno<
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Edison Phonograph Works,
A, 0, Tate, Esq,, Seo,, Orange, N, J.
Dear Sir:
Re Wat chung Deed, We beg to enclose herewith a deed from
Edison Phonograph Works to The Inhabitants of the Townsliip of West.
Orange, for execution. This has been drawn with an eye to the
Auchincloss mortgage.
After Mr, Edison signs it will you please attest it, amd
also sign the acknowledgment , If Mr, Randolph takes the acknow¬
ledgment please have him fill in the blank space as follows :"J6hn
E. Randolph, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the State of New
Jersey, residing at West-Orange New Jersey",
Kindly return to us after execution.
Yours truly,
rECEIV^
SEp14 1891
Ans'd ..(•;/.
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A. 0, Tate Esq., Secretary,
Edison Building, Broad St., N.Y.
Dear Sfrr-
Re. the musical records, the writer’s understanding from
you is that we are to' charge the different phonograph companies,
the same price which you charge us. ,
Does this rule apply also to the blank cylinders? Are we to
charge the phonograph companies 10/ a cylinder, the same as you
charge us, and the same as we charge the North American Phonograph
Co., when we ship them direct?
When you supply us records on cylinders which we have furnisheS
you by order of the North American Phonograph Co., are we to re¬
charge the records to the North American Co., the same as we do the
cylinders, when we ship them to you, or are. we 'to charge the
records to the phonograph company for whom the records have been
made?
Yours truly,
Edison I ih Works-
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
^•>'-051 V ££>
SEP 16 1891
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New York, Sept. 14, 1891.
Thomas Butler Esq.,
Edispn Phonograph Works,
Edison Building, 42 Broad St., City*
Bear Sir:
I beg to acknowledge receipt of yoi&r favor of $he
14th. inst , enclosing letter from Mr. H. 0, Ware, of the Edison
Phonograph Works, dated September 12th , in further reference to
the matter of iron castings and note that Mr. Ware principally
objects to our orders for small castings. We use small castings
almost entirely;as our work does not 'call for heavy castings.
X would state that the larger portion of our requisitions for ipon
castings are sent to the Phonograph Works, and this portion includes
alft of the large orders.
I return herewith Mr. Ware's letter of the 12th. inBt., as
I presume that you desire to keep it in yodr files, and remain,
Yours truly, ''
/ / . Ass't Manager*
Bictated by E^ A. S,
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Dear Sir:-
We have your letter or September 5th., enclosing
eopy Of. letter poo hove received from Mr. Hutchinson, regarding
the price the Me, York Work, are paying „„ for „„i„g,.
». .... Mr. Hutohlnson'a remark. this matter, and
»d in r.plp „e »ould cap, that or coura, the Phonograph Work.
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York, aomebodp has to pap the freight. „ .cold hardly p.y t.
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eatings, „ particularly object to la, that th, No. York
Work, do no, send us any large casting,, on „hich „e could cos. eu't
oven, or perhaps a 11,,!, .head, but most all of the „rk they .and
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requiring ...large mount or labor, and thi. 0f »„* hardly '
pays no at th. rat. „e arc no, charging. Can „„ „r. Hut.hin.on
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arrange to sometimes send us larger and heavier work? We believe
we are now giving the New York Works, perhaps a little better grade
of castings than they get in Now York, and we also believe that our
service is as prompt as they could get anywhere, with perhaps the
exception of parties in New York near their Works.
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'Sept. Slat, 1891.
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison Building, Broad Street,
Hew York City.
Bear Sir:-
I bog to confirm the following message which I tel¬
ephoned to you this afternoon!
"Mr. Edison has prepared the annexed letter to
send to the Edison United Phonograph Company.
Before mailing the same he desires you to sub¬
mit it to Major Eaton and ask him if it will
affect in any wa^eontracts now existing be¬
tween himself and the United Company:
Edison United Phonograph Co., September 21st, 1891.
Mills Building, Broad St.,
New York City.
Dear Sirs!-
According to the contract entered into between the
Edison United Phonograph Company and the Edison Phonograph Works,
the profit allowed the works is twenty per cent (20/?) on all things
manufactured by them. by nuiual consent this clause is abrogated
for a poriodl of six taohihs from the date hereof, and in lieu of the
twenty per cent profit allowed, the PhonoC^ph . v/orke will dolive
now style phono graphs, with speaking and listening tube, packed,
for sixty dollars (60.00) each, and Nickel-in-Slot mechanisms com¬
plete ready for use, but without battery, for ninety dollars (90.
00) each. We shall try and fill y0ur orders as fast as possible.
Ploaso answer if this is satisfactory.
THOMAS A. KDISOH,
KDISOM PHONOGRAPH WORKS.
I send you the foregoing at Mr. Kdison's request. He would
like you to give the matter your prompt attention.
Yours very truly.
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'Slieu/-2(0rdy_ Sept '# 23, .1891 .
Edison Phonograph Works,
A‘. O’. Tate, Esq., Secretary,
Edison Laboratory, Orange, N'.
Dear Sir:
SEP 2 & 1891
Re Watchung Ave . Deed. Your favor of the 2lBt inst., en¬
closing Deed of the Edison Phonograph Works to the Inhabitants of
West Orange, is at hand. We have affixed the seal of the Company
and now return the Deed to you for acknowledgment.
DUPLICATE UUSICA1 RECORD REPORT
For Woe 3: ending October 31st, 1091.
Shipments for v/eoh- — - — - - — --122 Records
■%: Orders on band for — - — - - — -—175 «
These are being hold, av/aitii® receipt by us of requisition
from I'll* A'» P« Co!* for cylinders.
£ .
EATON a LEWIS
'(/J'/'tytr.d { EDISON BUILDING)
-Nov . .17-, -.1891 .
Edison Phonograph Works,
A, 0. Tate, Esq., Secretary.
Orange, N, J.
Dear Sir:
^CEIV££)
. . NOV I G 1891 ....' j
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Re Wat chung Ave. Deed. In connection with the above
matter we beg to return to you herewith the following papers, viz:
(a) Warranty Deed from Elias M. Condit to Edison Phono¬
graph Works, dated May 18, 1888.
(b) Certified copy of Mortgage, The Edison Phonograph
Works to Henry B. Auchincloss.
(c) Abstract of the Title of Edison Phonograph Works
to Lands in West Orange, N. J.
Yours very truly,
phiuj-
DUPLICATE MUSICAL RECORD U
For vraok ending 28th Hovomlm-, 1891.
Shipments ibx* weok-
•125 Rccorda.
Oi-doi's on hand fox*'
•150
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